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NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials are reported to have offered French coach Herve Renard a €2m a year contract to take over the management of the Super Eagles and qualify the team for the 2026 World Cup.
Nigeria is currently facing the risk of missing out on two successive World Cups after disastrous start to her 2026 campaign that has seen the Eagles pick up just three points from four matches. After the last game which ended in a loss away to Benin Republic, newly appointed manager Finidi George resigned after just two games in charge.
Since then, the NFF has been searching for a coach and Renard, the current head coach of the French women's football team, is top of their list. A coach with a huge pedigree, Renard has a lot of experience of African football, having led both Zambia and Ivory Coast to victory in the African Cup of Nations and he has also coached Morocco, as well as Saudi Arabia.
Renard, 55, is currently preparing his French female team for the Paris Olympics but he has said that he will be leaving after the games as he is keen to be coaching a national men's team ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Apart from Nigeria, Egypt are said to also be keen on signing Renard, with their believed to have tabled a bid too.
In the past, the NFF had always said it could not afford a top notch coach but with World Cup qualification now hanging by the thread, it has no choice but to find the funds. Other big names Nigerian football fans would like considered include Marcelo Bielsa, Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel.