One of the coaches shortlisted for the job of the senior national team of Nigeria has taken a swipe at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on the manner which they have gone about looking for a replacement for Finidi George, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Finidi left his role as coach two months ago after a poor showing in the world cup qualifiers, with the NFF making it clear that they will employ the services of an expatriate coach to handle the team via a communique made public.
Interested candidates sent in their application but with two weeks left to the start of the AFCON 2024 qualifiers no coach has been appointed for the Super Eagles, and like we exclusively reported the technical director of the football body Austine Eguavoen will handle the team in interim capacity.
Eguavoen will be in charge for the games against Benin Republic and Rwanda on the 7th and 10th of September respectively. A new coach is however expected to be named after both games ahead of the October and November games in the same series.
” How was I not given the job is something that I can’t understand. I was speaking with my agent who spoke with a top official of the NFF and when we got to speak he confirmed he has my CV with him for review. I was expecting a serious conversation but it was all about stuff that doesn’t appeal to me as a coach”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com on the condition of anonymity.
” I was so unhappy about it only for my agent to say he is a strong man in the politics of Nigerian football not that he is a technocrat. So my CV that I used years to build was given to a politician to review. Maybe I know why I wasn’t appointed”.
