The decision of the newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Finidi George to pick foreigners as his assistants has not gone down well with a certain individuals in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
As we exclusively reported the former interim coach wants to bring in three foreign assistants to the team for the role of first assistant, fitness trainer and match analyst. Daniel Amokachi will be his second assistant with Abideen Baruwa staying put in his role as goalkeeper trainer.
Appointed as the substantive replacement to Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro after assisting the Portuguese for 20 months, a top official of the NFF said his decision to go for foreign coach shows a lack of trust in the indigenous coaches contrary to the faith shown in him when he was handed the job.
” I keep wondering why Finidi thinks no Nigerian is good enough to work closely with him as assistant. The NFF showed trust in him as an indigenous coach , he should do likewise and look inwards. I know a lot of people are saying if no indigenous coach is good enough as his assistant, how then is he good enough to be coach considering that he is also an indigenous coach”, he said.
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He however admitted that they are powerless on this front because it’s part of their resolution to let the coach pick whoever he wants as his assistant. ” We can’t stop him from picking anyone as his assistant. It’s what we resolve now we can only wish him well and hope he make all of us proud at the helm”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
