Paul Le Guen And Nigeria Football Federation Have No Deal

 Paul Le Guen will not be taking up a role as Nigeria's new technical adviser, despite an announcement from the country's football federation.

The Frenchman had been named by the Nigerian Football Federation, which said he would work alongside Salisu Yusuf, who was named chief coach.

But the two parties could not come to a deal over a contract.

The NFF said it had not been able to reach agreement on targets for the job, or over where Le Guen would be based.

The secretary-general of the NFF told the BBC that Le Guen had "rejected our terms".

French football reporter Herve Penot, a friend of the coach, told Sport Today on the BBC World Service that Le Guen had had discussions but had never agreed a deal.

"He met the president of the federation, his requests were not met so that was it - it was finished," he said.

A later statement from the NFF said it had "no issue with Le Guen saying he is not coming; several highly-qualified persons would be happy to coach Nigeria."

Sunday Oliseh was the Super Eagles' last permanent coach before he quit in February in a row over his contract.

Yusuf was in charge of the Super Eagles for friendly wins against Mali and Luxembourg in May.

Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon, but are in the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

They have been drawn in Group B where they will face Algeria, the top-ranked side in Africa, Cameroon, as well as Zambia.

The NFF's technical committee had also recommended that former Super Eagles assistant coach Bitrus Bewarang be given the role of national technical director.

BBC reportage.