The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has shortlisted five foreign coaches in the race to get a new manager for the Super Eagles ahead of their preparation for the World Cup in South Africa.

After a lengthy meeting on Friday in Abuja, the NFF recommended Bruno Metsu of France, Peter Taylor of the UK, Ratomir Djugovic of Serbia and Louis Van Gaal and Guus Hiddink, both of the Netherlands for the position of technical adviser of the first team squad.

The federation said that it had not yet officially approached any of the managers but that a one month screening process would now commence with a view to appointing one of the shortlisted coaches as technical adviser.

It was also announced that the beleaguered head coach of the Super Eagles, Shuaibu Amodu, would not be sacked but would move aside to take charge of the affairs of the home based players. The move is largely seen as a stay of execution after the football federation announced their disappointment at the Eagles performance in the just concluded African Nations cup.

The announcement was made late on Friday night by NFF technical committee chairman, Taiwo Ogunjobi who added that the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next week.

It is believed that Ratomir Dujkovic, who coached Ghana for two years, is the favourite to land the job. He is currently the manager of the Under-21 Serbian team and has coached in various parts of Africa.