Former Italy captain and 2006 World Cup winner, Fabio Cannavaro, says he turned down the Super Eagles job to wait for other offers in the Italian Serie A and other European clubs.
Cannavaro was one of the candidates interviewed for the role during the Nigeria Football Federation’s race to fill the vacant role ahead of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda.
German coach Bruno Labbadia was eventually announced by the NFF as the new coach of the three-time African champions, the Super Eagles, but the 56-year-old tactician eventually turned down the offer over stringent German tax laws.
-9News Nigeria.
