Chelle Is A Baby Coach. –Gombe

Former chairman of Gombe FA, Gara Gombe, has tagged the newly appointed Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, as a ‘baby’ coach.

Chelle was named Super Eagles coach after the decision was endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee following a recommendation by its Technical and Development Sub-Committee.

The 47-year-old is a former international player with five caps for the Aiglons of Mali. His coaching résumé includes stints at notable clubs such as GS Consolat, FC Martigues, Boulogne, and MC Oran.

However, speaking with Brila FM, Gombe noted that the NFF has taken Nigerian football backward with Chelle’s appointment.

Who is Chelle? Who knows him? What was his antecedent? Nothing. For goodness sake, all this waiting since AFCON in Ivory Coast, we cannot get a coach. 

And we ended up now, after all these years, appointing a kindergarten coach to manage the world-class players that we have. It is really unfortunate.”