Foreign Coach hire: NFF President denies approaching England's Harry Redknapp

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation,
Amaju Pinnick has denied reports making the rounds
in the International media that the Federation was
snubbed by former Tottenham and QPR manager
Harry Redknapp.

The NFF is currently in search of a high calibre
foreign coach to take charge of the Super Eagles
qualification for Russia 2018. There were reports
that Redknapp had agreed to manage Nigeria's
senior team before making a u-turn to work as
consultant for an Australian club.

When asked about the reports by Sporting Life
magazine, Amaju Pinnick said 'Totally untrue'.
Redknapp a highly respected coach, has accrued
nearly 1500 games as a top flight manager and apart
from his new role as the Mariners consultant, he acts
as an advisor to Derby County.