President of the Nigeria Football
Federation Amaju Pinnick has declared that Sunday Oliseh will be the
last Nigerian coach for the Super Eagles under the current board.
Pinnick made the position of the federation known while speaking at the
18th Annual Africa Business Conference of the Harvard Business School,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States according to hotsports.tv.
The FA boss told the gathering that the
federation had reached the end of the road in keeping faith with
Nigerians as head of the Eagles coaching staff.
He said, “After this Sunday Oliseh
debacle, we have definitely turned the corner. We are now going to start
shopping for a well-grounded and qualified foreign coach to tinker the
team. Enough is enough. “What we have learnt is that there is a world of
difference between being a good coach and being a good manager.”
The Olympic Eagles coach Samson Siasia
was announced as a quick replacement for Oliseh last Friday in what is
seen as a temporary measure. And with Pinnick’s statement any thought of
keeping Siasia for a long period as the Eagles coach may have been laid
to rest.
Oliseh and the NFF parted ways last week
after just eight months on the job. The former Eagles captain made
public his resignation in the early hours of Friday via Twitter.
In his Twitter message Oliseh
said he was quitting, “Due to contract violations, lack of support,
unpaid wages, benefits to my players, assistant coaches and myself, I
resign as Super Eagles chief coach. I feel fortunate, blessed and
eternally grateful for having had the honour to play, captain and coach
this great nation of ours, Nigeria.”
The NFF members had first talked about
getting a foreigner as the Eagles coach soon after asking the former
Eagles coach Stephen Keshi to go last year. Oliseh’s appearance on the
scene ended the talks about getting somebody from Europe.
No name has been mentioned but if the
NFF go all the way, it may mean having foreigners in the two senior
national teams as the FA had announced in February that they are in
search of a foreigner for the Super Falcons too.
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