Bruno Labbadia backs out of Super Eagles job, days after being appointed

The newly appointed Super Eagles coach, Bruno Labbadia, has rejected his appointment just three days after being unveiled by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

This was disclosed in a report published by the German website Kicker on Friday.

“Bruno Labbadia will not be the new national coach of Nigeria. The 58-year-old German football coach had been negotiating with the Africans for a week and, according to information from kicker, decided against a contract on Friday,” the website cited.

SaharaReporters learnt that the NFF announced the coach without a signed and sealed contract.

Labbadia’s appointment was made public in an early morning tweet on Tuesday via the NFF’s X handle, tweeting as #thenff.

The statement read, “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team, Super Eagles.”

“The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development sub-committee to appoint Mr Bruno Labbadia as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles,” according to the federation’s General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi.

Labbadia becomes the 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles after the resignation of former coach, Finidi George.

This development brings to an end long speculation on who becomes the Super Eagles coach.