Eriksson and Hoddle in frame for Nigeria job

FORMER England managers Sven-Goran Eriksson and Glenn Hoddle are on a five-man short list to be the new coach of Nigeria.

"We have five candidates and Glenn Hoddle is one of them. He took his turn (for interview) yesterday and we will make a decision tomorrow evening," said Nigeria Football Federation spokesman Ademola Olajire.

He also confirmed Eriksson is also on the NFF's list along with Bruno Metsu, the French coach who took Senegal to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, former Sweden coach Lars Lagerback and former Ghana manager Ratomir Dujkovic, who took the Black Stars to the last 16 in 2006.

Eriksson's representative, Athole Still, confirmed the Swede had met with the NFF yesterday and they plan to stay in Nigeria until Saturday morning.

"We've looked around and studied all the potential of Nigeria," he said. "Sven met with the federation today. It was a general discussion rather than an interview I would say. We will see what happens."