Amid rumours of an imminent sack of the head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, the Nigeria Football Federation is considering hiring Serbian Mladen Krstajić as replacement.
Rohr has come under fire recently after the national team put up an underwhelming performance against Cape Verde in their Qatar 2022 World Cup Group C final qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, last Tuesday.
It’s understood that both the NFF and Rohr have entered into negotiations on how to part ways by mutual consent.
A top official of NFF told Punch anonymously that Krstajić was among the coaches the NFF was considering, adding that they had not taken a final decision, since Rohr had not been sacked.
“We haven’t taken an official decision yet, but Serbian Malden Krstajić is one of the coaches we are considering for the job
“We cannot hire a new coach when the current coach has not been sacked. So, I don’t know where the online platforms got their stories from. Like I said, he’s among those we are considering for the job, but we haven’t given him a job yet.”
