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NFF prospective coach, Herve Renard demands N253m monthly wage
“Yeah, the NFF has contacted Renard regarding the Super Eagles position, but the biggest obstacle is that he is demanding a salary of $180,000 (a month), which in Naira is almost close to 300 million,” a senior official stated.
To hire the highly sought-after Herve Renard as the next Super Eagles coach, the NFF will literally have to break the Nigerian Central Bank.
This comes after the French coach requested, among other things, a $180,000 monthly pay (about N253 million).
“Yeah, the NFF has contacted Renard regarding the Super Eagles position, but the biggest obstacle is that he is demanding a salary of $180,000 (a month), which in Naira is almost close to 300 million,” a senior official stated.
“This will be the highest ever paid to a coach and the NFF just cannot afford this.
“This may well be a wild goose chase.”
Egypt have reportedly dangled a $1.9 Million to Renard, while his name has been brought into the discussion as regards the new coach of the United States of America.
The 54-year-old coach has won the AFCON with Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire.
It would be recalled that the immediate past foreign coach of the Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro, had to take a huge pay cut to extend his contract till the delayed AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire.
Peseiro was on $70,000-a-month when he started out as the Super Eagles coach, but this was later slashed to $50,000.
And even at that he was owed for as many as 13 months at a time.
Sports Minister John Enoh has maintained that it is the responsibility of the NFF to pay for a foreign coach for the national team.
