By Labaran Kenneth
365Daily – Some Nigerian football fans have expressed concern over the proposed monthly salary of $50,000 (circa 20 million naira) for Jose Peseiro, who is back in talks with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as Super Eagles head coach.
The Portuguese coach is under consideration to replace Augustine Eguavoen, who left the post after the World Cup qualifier defeat by Ghana.
The NFF had called off talks with Peseiro in 2021 after the sack of Gernot Rohr as head coach of the Super Eagles.
According to Goal.com, many fans wanted to know the full terms of the agreement that would warrant the payment of N20 million to the coach monthly, as well as the financial status of the NFF to sustain the payment.
“Who negotiated these contracts?” asked @Yunusatankoa. “Where and how can we be paying a coach 20m monthly?
“What is the coach offering? A coach who will sit in Europe and only come in during games? Unacceptable.”
“Curious,” began @ad_eas, “Does it make sense to spend that much monthly on a coach given the financial situation and capacity of the NFF?”
A sport fan also considers $50,000 to be a waste of money.
@femogold84 wrote: “Nigeria my country, 20m monthly is waste of money,” while Peseiro’s curriculum vitae, according to @Dopekylee, does not match the amount being spent.
“About N20m monthly is like a waste of money for Jose Peseiro who started is coaching career in 1992 and he has being moving from one club to one country to another club. He mostly spent one year or two years in charge.
“His CV is poor and doesn’t justify that N20m monthly.”
@Smartooski believes Peseiro is not competent enough to be the Super Eagles coach, based on his record as Venezuela boss.
“He resigned as the coach of Venezuela after 10 games,” he wrote. “Lost six, drew three, won one. He’s not good enough”
Other pundits believe the sum is reasonable when compared to other head coaches in the sport.
@mtjuicy wrote: “That is the standard wage for coaches. Think about the players too they are paid the ongoing rate for e.g [Victor] Osimhen, [Alex] Iwobi, [Kelechi] Iheanacho, the big earners.
“The money is small sef that how much Iwobi makes in a week,” he continued. “Football pays big bucks like you know.”