It appears the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has jettisoned the idea of appointing a Nigerian coach for the Super Eagles, in preference for a foreigner.
According to a report by owngoalnigeria.com, after initially reaching a deadlock, with majority of members of the NFF board settling for Emmanuel Amuneke, the members have finally reached a consensus to give the job to a foreigner.
The medium revealed that the NFF Technical Committee has concluded that a foreign coach would serve the nation better than a Nigerian coach as the NFF is not convinced by the pedigree and standing of all the Nigerian coaches that showed interest in the job.
It was gathered that around 40 foreign coaches and over 50 indigenous coaches applied for the Super Eagles coaching role.
“I have nothing against indigenous coaches, but I will say that the person we need at the moment is a foreign coach with the prerequisite experience to handle the Super Eagles. He must be the type of coach who will come and support in the overall development of our football,” owngoalnigeria.com quoted an unnamed member of the technical committee who allegedly spoke with the online edition of Abuja based newspaper, Leadeship.
“The Super Eagles as presently constituted are too big for the indigenous coaches that Nigerians are clamouring for. They are not bad coaches but are not yet at the level that they can effectively handle the senior national team.
“If you talk to most of my colleagues in the committee, they will tell you the same thing. Most of us are for a foreign coach for the Super Eagles. I believe the NFF will see reason with some of us on this matter,” the very influential member of the NFF Technical Committee said.
Meanwhile, owngoalnigeria further report that Finidi George, who has been saddled with the friendly games against Ghana and Mali respectively will be a part of the Super Eagles technical crew, but as one of the assistants and a role as the coach of the home based team, the CHAN Eagles.