•My contract runs till Oct 31, says coach
The Nigeria Football Federation has said it will soon make a decision on the future of Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, after extending the contract of his Super Eagles counterpart Jose Peseiro, The PUNCH reports.
NFF president, Ibrahim Gusau had said in an interview that the fate of both coaches would be decided this month, but while the federation has handed a six-month extension to Peseiro, Waldrum, who is currently in the US after he led the Super Falcons to the round of 16 at the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is still waiting to get a clear picture of whether his relationship with Nigeria will continue.
“If the contract of a coach expires, we have a technical committee that will do due diligence on his performance. If it is a coach that will continue, as once the contract of a coach expires, we have to follow due process of our technical committee to know that if he is coming back, it has to be their recommendation, to make sure Nigerians get the best. We are still working on that,” Gusau said during a radio interview monitored by our correspondent in August.
“As you know, next month too, the Super Falcons will play the 2024 Olympic qualifiers, so we must do something at their level before then, so, we know the coach that will take us to the Olympic Games,” he added
Head of communications of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, told our correspondent the Technical Committee will make a decision on the coach, as promised by Gusau.
“The Technical Committee will soon make a decision on the matter,” Olajire said.
Meanwhile, Waldrum has dismissed reports making the rounds (not The PUNCH) that he has been sacked by the NFF, stating that his contract expires on October 31.
“I’m seeing reports that I’ve been sacked but my contract doesn’t end until October 31,” Waldrum told The PUNCH.
Going by his current contract, the American is still in line to be in the dugout when the Super Falcons face Ethiopia in a Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers between October 23-31.