Salisu named Nigeria Assistant Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation has named Salisu Yusuf as the first Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles, as efforts are being made to conclude processes for the appointment and contract-signing of the in-coming Head Coach.

Salisu was named alongside other Assistant Coaches Finidi George and Usman Abdallah. Ike Shorounmo will be the Goalkeeper’s Trainer.

The Nigeria Head Coach role has been vacant since March 31 following a decision by the NFF to dissolve the Augustine Eguavoen led technical team, that failed to secure qualification to the Qatar 2022 World Cup at the expense of Ghana’s Black Stars.

Jose Peseiro, Ernesto Valverde, Anthony Conceicao and Laurent Blanc have been shortlisted as prospective contenders for the Super Eagles job, with the new Head Coach expected to be announced next week.