Leicester City unveil Ahmed Musa

Nigerian interna­tional, Ahmed Musa says he joined premier league champions Leicester City on a £18m deal because of the family-like atmo­sphere in the club.

Musa completed the four -year deal with the Foxes Friday to become Leicester's fourth signing of the Summer, following the arrival of Nampaly's trio of Mendy, Ron -Rob­ert Zieler and Luis Her­nandez.

After the deal was con­firmed Musa, 23 , de­clared his delight at mov­ing to the King Power Stadium.

'I feel very happy join­ing Leicester City, for me it's one of the best clubs and I feel very happy,' Musa told the club's web­site. 'I joined because it's one of the best clubs in the Premier League and they are like a family.That's why I joined Leicester City and I'm very excited.

'I look forward to see­ing the fans in the new season and I will do my best to make them happy.'

Leicester's new signing joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, and has scored 11 times in 58 appearances for Nigeria since making his debut in 2010.

Musa scored twice in Nigeria's 3-2 defeat by Argentina at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, be­coming the first Nigerian to score twice in a World Cup finals match.

His first goal in that Group F game was Super Eagle's fastest at the tour­nament, coming after just four minutes.

The striker scored 13 goals and assisted an­other five for CSKA in 30 Russian Premier League appearances during the 2015-16 season - his most prolific campaign for Leonid Slutsky's side since his arrival from Dutch side VVV-Venlo in 2012.

NFF shortlists Yusuf, Saintfiet, Le Guen for Super Eagles' job

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has shortlisted three coaches for consideration for the post of Chief Coach of Super Eagles, and will name the successful one on Monday.

A statement by the NFF on Friday in Abuja listed the three coaches to include Super Eagles' caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf.

The rest two are former Ethiopia coach Tom Saintfiet, and Frenchman Paul Le Guen, who once coached Cameroon.

'On Friday at the Glass House, the NFF Technical and Development Committee pored over more than 20 applications before cutting the list to three.

'Among those who showed interest in coaching the Super Eagles are Giovanni Solinas, Saintfiet, Hey Antoine, Mark Wotte, Yusuf, Ernesto Paulo Calvinho, Dorian Marin, and Le Guen.

'Others are Miodrag Jesic, Perry Hansen, Ove Pedersen, Adebayo Lateef Kola, Sylvanus Okpala and Peter Ijeh.

'The rest are Vladimir Petrovic-Pizon, Lodewijk de Kruif, Kenichi Yatsuhashi, Bjorn Frank Peters and Ricki Herbert,'' the statement disclosed.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Saintfiet, a 43-year-old Belgian, has coached the national teams of Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Yemen, Malawi and Togo.

He has also worked with the Qatar national under-17 side, Young Africans FC of Tanzania and Free State Stars FC in South Africa.

Yusuf, 54, was capped by Nigeria at under-20 level and won FA Cup titles with El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri as a player.

He coached top clubs Kano Pillars, El-Kanemi Warriors and Enyimba FC, and assisted Super Eagles' chief coaches Samson Siasia and Stephen Keshi (who died last month).

Yusuf was caretaker coach for two friendly matches, which the Eagles won against Mali and Luxembourg in Europe at the end of May.

Frenchman Le Guen, 52, played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and won 17 caps for France, before coaching Rennes, Lyon, PSG (in France) and Glasgow Rangers (in Scotland).

He led the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and also coached Oman.

Speaking on the development, Chairman of NFF's Technical and Development Committee, Chris Green, said the shortlist was on the basis of a set of criteria.

'We set a criteria with which we evaluated the nearly two dozen applications and then agreed on the three persons that we shortlisted.

'The Committee will now meet on July 18 to interview the shortlisted candidates and immediately name the next Super Eagles' Head Coach,' he said.(NAN)