Fans to decide fate of Nigeria coach Peseiro – BBC Sport

Nigeria head coach Jose Peseiro faces a public battle to keep his job as fans are handed the chance to decide whether he should stay in charge.

The head of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, pledged to canvas supporters for opinions before taking a final decision about the Super Eagles boss.

“We have the plan to push the votes to Nigerians to hear their views and thoughts,” NFF president Gusau announced during an interview on the Gbamm! LovingFootball radio show.

“We’ve tried the foreign coaches and also the local coaches, and it seems they were having some kind of problems.

“Maybe we didn’t get it right in the area of getting the right person.

“We are surely going to push it to the public, whether we should continue with Peseiro or he should go.”

Included in those results were a 10-0 thrashing of Sao Tome and Principe and a 1-0 defeat at home to Guinea-Bissau. Last Sunday, Nigeria needed a stoppage-time winner from Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho to secure the 3-2 victory over Sierra Leone that clinched qualification for next year’s Afcon in Ivory Coast.

However, the Portuguese has been heavily criticised by local media and fans for what some deem to be poor team selections and colourless performances.

Gusau previously told BBC Sport Africa his organisation will only pick the best man for the job and nationality will not be a factor.

“Whether we are going to consider an indigenous coach, we are also going to push that to Nigerians on the phone,” Gusau added.

“The public will to tell us if they think going for a Nigerian will be best for Nigeria at the moment or we appoint another foreign coach.

“We will get their views, look at it and then we will do what we have to do as a board and come out with a decision.”