Former Nigeria international Finidi George wa surprisingly not appointed as coach of any of the national teams by the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF).
Finidi who has worked with La Liga side Real Betis as Director of International football and also with the Reserve team of Mallorca applied to coach one of the national teams of Nigeria.
However despite having a qualification that dwarfs every other contender for the job his name was conspicuously missing from the appointed coaches made public last week by the NFF.
Explaining the rationale, a chieftain of the NFF told Owngoalnigeria.com that it was a case of having better options who understand the system and how it works.
“ Finidi applied for the position of head coach of the U17 team. He was among 12 others who applied. Yes he came with a very good qualification but he has little or no experience of how the system works.
“ The wise thing would have been for him to work as assistant like Austin Eguavoen, Daniel Amokachi, Ben Iroha and Emmanuel Amuneke did before stepping up the ladder. That way he will understand how the system works before taking the reins as head coach but he wasn’t open for that”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ He wanted the head coach job which isn’t bad but when you consider the rigorous nature of the screening and more that we have here and compare to the atmosphere he worked with abroad. It’s two different things”, he concluded.
