Swedish tactician Janne Andersson has confirmed holding talks with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the vacant Super Eagles coaching job, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The tactician who resigned as Sweden National team Coach in November after failing to secure a place at either the 2022 World Cup or Euro 2024expressed his desire to manage the Super Eagles.
“It’s a huge footballing nation. I can confirm that I have had a dialogue with the Nigeria Football Federation,” he told Swedish newspaper, Expressen.
“It’s a huge footballing nation so I’m extremely flattered to be in the running to be their next national team coach.
“Dialogue is ongoing and I don’t really want to say more than that. I have been in this industry for so long and know that things can happen in different ways. So we’ll see what happens in the future.”
The 61-year-old guided Sweden to their first FIFA World Cup for 12 years in 2018, after they eliminated Italy and the Netherlands in the qualifiers.
The Swedish team went on to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup and the last 16 at the 2020 European Championship.
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