Former coach of Sweden Jan Olof ˜Janne Andersson will be the long-awaited new coach of the Super Eagles. This is according to an exclusive report by SCORENigeria.

Andersson, 61 years old, was coach of Sweden between 2016 and 2023.

He qualified Sweden to the 2018 World Cup as well as the 2020 Euros, but failed to qualify them for the 2022 World Cup as well as the 2024 Euros.

He however has no working experience in Africa.

His choice means that the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has made a fresh choice for the Super Eagles top post outside the four previously shortlisted coaches “ Herve Renard, Eric Chelle, Tom Saintfiet and Steve McClaren.

The last Swede to coach the Super Eagles was Lars Lagerback, who took charge of the countrys team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where we failed to go past the first round of the tournament.

Another Swede coach, Thomas Denerby, was also in charge of the Super Falcons to the 2019 FIFA Womens World Cup in France.