As the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) considers hiring a foreign coach for the Super Eagles, former national team coach Samson Siasia has expressed strong opposition, insisting the country can thrive without one.
The Bayelsa-born tactician also urged his former teammate, Austine Eguavoen, to officially step down as the team’s interim coach and focus on his role as NFF Technical Director.
Speaking against the recruitment of a foreign coach, Siasia, who previously led Nigeria’s U-20 and U-23 teams, said, “We don’t want any foreign coach here because they are not coming to do anything. We have enough good materials at home that we should not be talking about hiring a foreign coach.”
While Eguavoen successfully secured qualification for next year’s AFCON in his interim role, the NFF has yet to clarify his status ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. Siasia, however, believes his former colleague must choose between coaching the team or continuing as the federation’s technical director.
“As for Austin Eguavoen’s future with the Super Eagles, I will suggest that we wait a while to see how the team will be. It is a very young team. Eguavoen has a job already as the technical director. He should resign as Super Eagles manager and concentrate on his job. He cannot hold two positions at the same time. He should actually decide on which one to hold and leave the other,” he was quoted as saying.
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