The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has responded to the news about Bruno Labbadia’s turnaround from taking up the post as Super Eagles coach.
Hours ago, it was reported that German tactician Labbadia turned down the NFF job after the federation made noise about it.
But the NFF, via its communication director, Ademola Olajire, shared an email explaining the reasons why the federation and the German could not ink a final deal.
According to the federation, robust German tax laws scuppered the NFF’s plans to appoint Labbadia as the Super Eagles’ new head coach. The deal fell through because the NFF could not agree to pay the substantial tax percentage on Labbadia’s salary demanded by German tax authorities.
Meanwhile, the communiqué continued that the NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, said that the current tax issue was never part of the initial discussions with Labbadia from the early to the final part of the agreement until recently.
However, Labbadia insisted…