NFF cannot afford Herve Renard – Aghahowa

Former Nigeria striker, Julius Aghahowa, has said the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, cannot afford Herve Renard’s salary.

Renard is asking to be paid $125,000 monthly to become the new head coach of the Super Eagles.

The NFF are yet to appoint a coach since Finidi George resigned in June.

Speaking on Brila FM, Aghahowa advised the federation to appoint a good local coach.

He said: “The coach (Herve Renard) is a very good coach, he has experience; when it comes to African football and even world football, we have to be realistic.

“Can we afford him with the price tag?

“Even when the former coach was handling the team and he was earning about $50,000 to 70,000, it was difficult for us to pay him.

“We were owing him for months, and now we are talking about almost double of that amount, where are we going to get the money from?

“We might not pay them as much as the foreign coaches, but pay them well, give them enough time to build the team, and I have confidence in our local coaches.”