Chief Segun Odegbami
…Says Oliseh’s our foreign coachOdegbami vows to lead Nigerians to resist foreign coach 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Segun Odegbami has kicked against the hiring of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles following the dismissal of Stephen Keshi.
Keshi was relieved of his duties by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday night, for allegedly applying to coach African champions Cote d’Ívoire.
Technical Director of the NFF, Shuaibu Amodu has been mandated to handle the team on an interim basis before a substantive coach, preferably a foreigner is named by the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF Executive Committee.
But speaking in an interview with Sports Vanguard yesterday, Odegbami warned that he would lead
Nigerians to resist the hiring of an foreigner for the Eagles, insisting that our ‘foreign coach is a Nigerian living in Nigeria’.
Odegbami, while raising the alarm of an hidden agenda behind the hiring of a foreign coach, said that the NFF does not need to go outside the shores of the country to get a coach for the Eagles as there was one in Nigeria, in the person of former Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, who he backed to do better than the foreigner the NFF was shopping for.
“We don’t need a foreign coach for the Eagles. If the NFF has plans to hire a foreign coach, it does not need to go abroad as we have a technical qualified, intellectually sound and world-acclaimed pundit in Sunday Oliseh.
“‘The world recognises the immense knowledge of Oliseh on football matters. He has the education and knows about tactical formations.
He has worked with academies in Europe and has a deep knowledge of the game and knows how to manage players. Super Sports recognises him. He has distinguished himself amongst his peers. We have gone beyond the level of going overseas to look for coaches for our national team as Nigeria has its own foreign coach in Oliseh.
“There would be an hidden agenda behind the hiring of a foreign coach. So the best option for us is to make use of Oliseh as he possesses all the requirements to succeed on the job. Oliseh is the right candidate, so they should give the job to him’’, added Odegbami.
While frowning at Amodu’s appointment as the temporary coach of the Eagles , Odegbami said that the recent appointment was in direct conflict with his job as the technical director of the NFF.
“I really have issues with his appointment as he is the technical director of the NFF, with its clear mandate and responsibilities. Now he is being saddled with additional job. It looks untidy”, added the former Shooting Stars of Ibadan striker.
Source: Vanguard
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