Bruno Labbadia, a German shot tactician, praised Super Eagles forwards, describing their violative lineup arsenic "second to none."
Following Finidi George's departure, the German manager seemed astir definite to beryllium chosen arsenic the Super Eagles' caller coach.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) approached Labbadia for the caller caput manager presumption of the Super Eagles team.
However, some parties could not find an statement owed to immoderate difficulties, starring to the woody falling through.
Labbadia hails Super Eagles attack
Labbadia expressed his excitement astatine the anticipation of coaching Nigeria successful important competitions similar the AFCON and the World Cup successful an interrogation with Martin Harnik via Bild.
The German tactician said, "I was tempted to play successful the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup.
“Above all, to play successful a World Cup with a squad that would not person to fell from the large teams. Nigeria has an discourtesy that is 2nd to none. I person to accidental that honestly.”
The Super Eagles' violative line, which featured Victor Boniface of Bayer Leverkusen and Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray, pleased Labbadia.
After talks with Labbadia broke down, Austin Eguavoen was named interim manager by the NFF.
Eguavoen has guided the squad to 2 victories In the existent 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and 1 gully since taking over.