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Why I dumped Nigeria for Bangladesh -Sainfiet

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Newly appointed coach of Bangladesh, Tom Sainfiet  has explained the rationale behind his decision to dump the offer of coaching the Super Eagles job of Nigeria.
The Belgian coach had been shortlisted along with Paul le Guen and Salisu Yusuf to lead Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup qualifying series with the successful candidate to be announcedon Monday.
Speaking with Dhaka Tribune on Saturday, Saintfiet said the job was delaying his plans.
“As a coach, I was without a job for the last two months. I sent my CV to different federations all over the world and Nigeria were one of them. On Friday, I saw I was in the shortlist but I don’t have proper information about it (regarding interview with NFF).
On his new assignment, the former Ethiopia coach said, “The first focus is on two (AFC Asian Cup qualifying playoff) matches against Bhutan in September and October. When the matches are finished, hopefully with the qualification, we will work together in future. First focus is on three months and to try to get good results.”
He added that, “I only picked 12 players and the rest were added by my assistant coach [Saiful Bari] Titu. In the coming weeks, there will be league matches. Based on that, new players may be added”
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