Monday 29 November 2021: Collin Udoh, a former Super Eagles media officer has claimed that Johannes Bonfrere has applied for the Nigeria senior men’s national team coaching job.
According to Udoh, 75-year-old Bonfrere has formally put in his application for the job currently held by Gernot Rohr.
Udoh also disclosed that the Football federation  is close to paying off Rohr while interviewing candidates for the position.
 “Nigeria’s 1996 Olympic gold-winning coach Jo Bonfrere has formally put in his paperwork to apply for the Nigeria job,” Udoh wrote on Twitter.
“The NFF is currently in the process of paying off current coach Gernot Rohr to terminate his contract while interviewing candidates for the job.”
Recall that there have been recent calls for the sack of Rohr after the Eagles managed to scale through to the play-offs stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The team managed could only pick four points out of a possible nine in their home games which has not gone down well with fans.
Should Bonfrere Jo be appointed the new Eagles coach, it will be his third spell with the team.
His first spell was between 1995 and 1996 while his second was between 1999 and 2001.
He led the team to a second place finish at the 2000 AFCON, after losing to Cameroon on penalties during his second stint,.