Nigeria have confirmed that they have opened talks with Egypt coach Hassan Shehata over the possibility of him leading the Super Eagles at this year's World Cup finals in South Africa.
"We have already contacted Shehata to inform him that he is one of the candidates to take over our national team," Nigerian Football Federation spokesman Ademola Olajire told Egyptian radio.
"We nominated four other coaches for the team's managerial seat. We will sit down with each one of them in the coming few days."
Egyptian FA president Samir Zaher said earlier on Wednesday that Nigeria have until Friday to make a formal offer for Shehata.
Shehata said he wished to have a new experience at the World Cup along with his Egypt assistants.
"It's up to Shehata to choose his assistants, we have no problems with that," Olajire added.
Olajire did not reveal the names of the other candidates but KickoffNigeria.com said Swede Lars Lagerback, Serbian Ratomir Djukovic, French Bruno Metsu and Englishman Peter Taylor would vie for the vacant seat.
Shehata attracted interest from Nigeria after leading Egypt to a third successive Africa Cup of Nations title last month.
Nigeria sacked coach Shaibu Amodu after finishing in a disappointing third place at the Nations Cup in Angola.
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