Nigeria consider duo

Former England managers could coach at World Cup

By Mike Barton   Last updated: 25th February 2010   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Nigeria consider duo

Eriksson: In for Nigeria role

Former England managers Sven Goran Eriksson and Glenn Hoddle are two members of a five-man shortlist to become the new coach of Nigeria.

Hoddle, whose last management role was with Wolves which he left in 2006, was England boss at the 1998 World Cup and reached the last 16 before losing on penalties to Argentina.

Eriksson managed England to the quarter-final stage three times, two in the World Cup in 2002 and 2006 and once in Euro 2004.

The Swede's last role as an international coach was in a short-lived post as manager of Mexico, in which he won six of his 13 games in charge.

His most recent involvement was as director of football at Notts County, a position he recently vacated after accepting the role in August.

"We have five candidates and Glenn Hoddle is one of them," said Ademola Olajire, a spokesman for the Nigeria Football Federation.

"He took his turn (for interview) yesterday and we will make a decision tomorrow evening."

Olajire also confirmed Eriksson's name among the four other contenders for the role, with the successful candidate likely to oversee Nigeria's World Cup campaign in June.

Still talking

Eriksson's representative Athole Still confirmed the Swede had met with the NFF and that they plan to stay in Nigeria until Saturday morning.

"We've looked around and studied all the potential of Nigeria," Still said.

"Sven met with the federation today. It was a general discussion rather than an interview I would say. We will see what happens."

Eriksson, who coached Mexico during the qualifying stages of the 2010 World Cup, would relish a third crack at the World Cup after reaching the quarter-finals twice with England.

Still added: "The clear big attraction at this present moment is the World Cup, but also, if it went beyond that, there is the attraction of a country that has a population of almost 150 million and has hundreds of thousands of young players."

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