Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has alleged that Nigerian officials demanded for half of his salary for him to lead the Super Eagles to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Eriksson revealed in his book My Story Sven that he was interviewed by a panel of officials, who asked “stupid” questions, for the vacant Super Eagles post at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
This was under the NFF Presidency of Sani Lulu and coach Shuaibu Amodu had been fired after the country had crashed out by the semifinal of the 2010 AFCON in Angola.
“After the meeting (interview), an agent whom Athole (Eriksson’s agent) worked with locally explained that half of my salary would be deposited in a special bank account,” alleges Eriksson.
“It was not too hard to figure out that the special account would involve someone else taking a piece of my pie if I got the job.
“There was no way I would agree to that.
“I never received an offer of a contract, and it was just as well.”
The Swede Lars Lagerback will later be appointed to lead Nigeria to the 2010 World Cup, where the team failed to go past the first round.
