Breaking news: Jose Mourinho 'has held talks about becoming the next NIGERIA boss, here is what was said and the agreement made .

 He is only six months into his stint with 

Roma, but Jose Mourinho has already 

held talks about taking the Nigeria job, 

according to reports from the country.

The Super Eagles are on the lookout 

for a new coach after parting company with

 Gernot Rohr ahead of the Africa Cup 

of Nations next year, with president 

 Pinnick targeting a manager who can

 bring the trophy home again.

Pinnick is certainly ambitious and claims

 he has already had a discussion with 

the former Real Madrid, Chelsea and 

Tottenham boss about taking the post

, in quotes reported by Nigerian outlet

 the Daily Trust.

‘The emphasis on the new coach is 

discipline,' he said. 'We will also look 

at how hungry he is to win trophies because

 if they are hungry it supersedes so many 

things and if he wants to win he instill

 discipline.

'Of course Mourinho - I am not going to 

tell you we didn't talk to Mourinho because

 we did and the (sports) minister also 

talked to Mourinho and there is nothing

 wrong with it.

'If the coach will give us the Nations 

Cup, he will be drafted in immediately.

 I am not going to tell you that it will

 be later, because of what essence is 

the recruitment? If the executive 

committee says yes and we are ready, 

what are we waiting for?

Mourinho has only just signed a three

-year deal with Roma, joining them in 

May - setting out his ambition to build a 

'winning project' over the next few years.

Although his tenure has not got off to 

the best start - with his side sixth in Serie 

A and 14 points off leaders Inter Milan - 

it is unlikely he would abandon ship 

this early into his spell.

Pinnick said one of the candidates was

 also former Porto and Sporting Lisbon 

boss Jose Peseiro, with Pinnick also 

speaking with Mladen Krstajic before he 

joined Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.

'We have spoken to three top coaches 

and Peseiro, whose name has been

 going around, is one of the coaches and

 I can tell you he is a top coach.

'We also talked to Krstajic but after talking

 to him he got a job with a top club in Israel

, Maccabi Tel Aviv. You can see these 

are coaches that are hungry and ready 

to take Nigeria as a home; they are 

people that we know are ready to face 

the challenge from the 200 million 

Nigerians.

‘They are coaches who the players 

cannot be bigger than and I believe 

we are doing everything we can and 

that's why we interface with the ministry

 on every level.

'When I spoke with one of the coaches 

on Tuesday, he was already scouting 

our players and was telling me things 

I didn't even know about our players. It 

was quite impressive and he told me 

the strength of each player and he took

 me off guard. We are not going to 

experiment and if he can win the Nations 

Cup, no problem.

'We know [interim coach Augustine] 

Eguavoen can do it, but we also want 

someone who can do it better. If we are 

unable to sign him soon, then we will 

work with the current team. But I am 

not going to tell you that if we have 

him signed today, he is not going to 

lead the team to the AFCON.'