Bruno Labbadia has reportedly turned down his appointment as Super Eagles coach
DAILY GIST reports that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF on Tuesday had announced that the German will take charge of the Super Eagles.
The NFF had described Labbadia as the 37th head coach of the Super Eagles and confirmed their agreement with the German coach to lead the team.
However, according to reports emanating from Germany, the 58-year-old has now rejected the chance to manage the three-time African champions.
NFF reportedly failed to reach a contractual agreement with the former Germany international striker before making the announcement.
They termed the deal as very lucrative on the financial side, but the sudden rush by the NFF to announce his engagement when talks on other aspects of the deal is yet to sealed got the coach angry.
The report also stated that there were other organizational issues which weren’t resolved in due time for the coach to take over, hence his decision to halt talks with the NFF.
He, however still has his dream of handing a national team in the future intact.
Labbadia was initially expected to take charge of the Super Eagles for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Benin Republic and Rwanda.
The technical director of the NFF, Austin Eguavoen will now take charge of the team for next games.
Meanwhile, the NFF has named 23 players for the upcoming qualifiers, including Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi, and stand-in captain William Troost-Ekong, who are returning to the squad after lengthy injury absences
