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24 Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has been advised by Kadiri Ihana to hire a foreign coach for the Super Eagles whose primary responsibilities must be qualifying for major championships and developing Nigerian football, Completesports.com reports.
Ikhana, a former Nigeria international and onetime Super Falcons Head Voach said in an exclusive chat with Completesports.com that the NFF should contract a foreign coach who is hungry for success and with total commitment to developing Nigerian football.
Ikhana who is a strong advocate for indigenous coaches reiterated that recent issues in the Super Eagles, regarding coaching the top coaching job, has forced him to join the call for the hiring of sound foreign coaches for Nigeria’s two national football teams, the Super Eagles and Super Falcons.
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“Honestly, I think we need a good foreign coach who will not only qualify our two senior national teams for major competitions but also be very good in developing coaches and evolving a style of play for Nigeria or reverting to our old style of wing-play and power football,” Ikhana stated.
“He may not necessarily be a big name in football coaching business, but must be one with strong desire for success and growth of the game in Nigeria. Coaches who won us laurels at the international levels in the past were not known names in the world of football but they worked so hard and made names with the Super Eagles.”
Ikhana added: “The likes of Father Tiko, Otto Gloria, Westerhof and Bonfrere Jo were not very popular names until they came to Nigeria and won laurels. These they did because they wanted to succeed and their hard-work paid off. We still have such coaches in Europe. NFF should scout them and contract them to revive our ailing football.
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“Young and intellectually sound local coaches should be appointed to work and under study the foreign coach who will also reside in Nigeria. The foreign coach should also be assigned to develop the national teams like the U-23 and home based Eagles. I believe the Super Eagles will fly again if we get the right coach” the onetime CAF Coach of The Year stated.
Ikhana who won bronze as the Head Coach of Super Falcons at 2098 Women’s AFCON in Equatorial Guinea also called for, at least, three years contact for the new expatriate coach with an option of renewal based on performance.
By Richard Jideaka Abuja
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