#SPORTS: Jose Peseiro – Matters arising Less than two weeks to the start of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles finally have a new manager, Jose Peseiro. Peseiro is a 61-year-old manager with three decades of experience managing some of the biggest clubs in Portugal. He first made a name for himself managing CD Nacional, taking the modest club from the third tier of Portuguese football to the Primeira Liga in three seasons. After a mid-table finish in his first year in the top-flight, Peseiro left the club to join Carlos Queiroz, on whom he had made a strong impression by way of his work in Madeira, at Real Madrid. According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Peseiro will only take charge after the Africa Cup of Nations, but will be in Cameroon in an observatory role. This has, understandably, elicited mixed reactions from fans. A number of obvious questions arise from the Peseiro appointment, as well as the modalities of his taking over. 📌 The first, in light of the fact the Portuguese manager has been given a two-year contract: what happens if he fails in his very first assignment to qualify Nigeria for the World Cup in Qatar? 📌 The second question is a WASSCE-style multifaceted one, and concerns his “observer” brief at the AFCON. What precisely does that mean? Is he simply getting a paid vacation to Garoua on the bill of the NFF? 📌 Here is a theory: would it be farfetched to think that Peseiro is, in fact, taking charge of everything right away, but will simply not sit on the bench on matchday, possibly as a ploy to insulate him from pressure from the watching public? #YourTake