NFF yet to offer Finidi, Shorunmu contracts

4 months after the Nigeria Soccer Federation introduced ex-internationals George Finidi and Ike Shorunmu assistant coaches to Tremendous Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, each are but to be supplied a contract by the federation.

On Might 15, the NFF appointed Peseiro as the brand new Eagles head coach, with Finidi named the Portuguese first assistant. Salisu Yusuf serves because the second assistant in addition to head coach of the CHAN and U-23 Nationwide Groups.

Shorunmu was named the goalkeepers coach, with Usman Abdallah third assistant, whereas Eboboritse Uwejamomere is the match analyst.

Whereas Peseiro, 62, was supplied a performance-based one-year contract and can reportedly earn $70,000 (N30m) month-to-month, Finidi and Shorunmu don’t understand how a lot they are going to be paid, 4 months after they had been ‘employed.’

It was gathered that the duo won’t be on the bench when Nigeria tackle Algeria for the twenty second time on the 40,000 Stade Olympique in Oran subsequent Tuesday in a global pleasant if they don’t seem to be supplied a contract and repaid their excellent flight fares.

“The staff traveled out of Nigeria for the sport in opposition to Algeria final Sunday with out Finidi and Shorunmu,” a prime NFF official.

“They haven’t been supplied contracts by the NFF since they had been appointed in Might. It has been some time that the duo has been demanding their contract papers from the NFF however they’re but to get one.

“They had been known as to report back to camp in Abuja final week however they refused to point out up as a result of they had been but to be refunded their flight tickets backward and forward by the federation since they had been appointed.

However our correspondent was knowledgeable by the media officer of the Eagles, Babafemi Raji, that Finidi didn’t be a part of up with the Eagles attributable to private ‘urgent’ points.

“Each coaches aren’t right here (Constantine, Algeria) with us due to some urgent points,” Raji

“Finidi lately buried his fast elder sister and that’s a part of the explanation he isn’t right here with us for the time being.”