Frenchman Paul Le Guen named Nigeria manager for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Frenchman Paul LE Guen has been appointed to guide African nation in their 2018 world cup qualifying campaign, the country’s football federation same in a statement on Monday.
Le Guen, who has the official title of technical consultant, are aided by Nigerian Salisu Yusuf as chief coach. The appointments ar subject to the try agreeing personal terms.
The much-travelled 52-year-old LE Guen, WHO contend for urban center, port and Paris Saint Germain and won seventeen caps for France, junction rectifier Cameroon to the 2010 World Cup finals.
He has coached club sides Stade Rennes, Olympique lyonnais – WHO he light-emitting diode to a few Ligue one titles between 2002 and 2005 – PSG and Scottish club Rangers furthermore as Oman’s national team.
Yusuf, capped at under-20 level by African nation, was guilty of his country on associate degree interim basis for 2 international friendly matches in Europe at the tip of might, that the Super Eagles won.
Le Guen’s 1st major challenge could be a world cup qualifier away to Zambia on October. three in an exceedingly powerful B which incorporates Africa’s top-ranked facet Algerie and Cameroon WHO, beside African nation, also visited the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Nigeria have a 2017 Africa Cup of countries qualifier against African country in Sept but they need already failing for the second sequential time to achieve the finals with the three-times African champions currently a lowly seventieth within the FIFA world rankings.
Former manager Sunday Oliseh resigned in Feb accusing African nation of contract violations and failing to pay his wages with the previous world cup player having only taken the work in july.