#Football News: Harry Redknapp Set to be Named New Super Eagles Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation appointed Salisu Yusuf as interim
manager this week to take charge of two upcoming friendlies against Mali
in Paris on May 27 and Luxembourg on June 1.
The UK Daily Star
has exclusively reported that 69-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur
manager, Harry Redknapp could be the new head coach of the Super Eagles
in a shocking appointment.
Daily Star claims that a source close to the team revealed Redknapp
could be named as the next permanent Nigeria manager within a few days.
He is largely untested at international level after narrowly missing
out on the England job to Roy Hodgson.
Last month Redknapp, finished a two-game deal managing Jordan –
reportedly a favour for the country's FA president, Prince Ali bin
al-Hussein. Now Redknapp is free to prepare for Nigeria’s opening
African Cup of Nations qualifier in September.
He has worked with ex-Nigerian internationals in the past, notably
with Kanu Nwankwo and Peter Utaka at Portsmouth. They went on to win FA
Cup with Kanu grabbing the winner.
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