Nigeria to confirm Salisu Yusuf as Manager

Nigeria have to confirm caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf as the permanent appointment to the senior national team after drama surrounding the appointment of Paul Le Guen for the job.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officially handed the position of the head coach to Salisu Yusuf at their executive committee meeting on Wednesday, the organisation confirmed in a statement. They have also asked their technical and development committee to come up with a recommendation for the post of Technical adviser within seven days.

Salisu Yusuf has been in charge of the national team on a temporarily basis and he was in charge for the friendlies Nigeria played against Luxembourg 3 -1 and Mali 1- 0 (victory on both games) respectively.