The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has stated that the Federation is not
looking for a European coach for the Super Eagles in place of Sunday Oliseh who was only engaged
by the NFF in July.
Pinnick who was quoted during the week as saying that the NFF members were in search of a
“heavyweight” coach for the Eagles said in Lagos on Thursday that the members had absolute faith in
Oliseh.
He said, “I never said we wanted a coach whether European or Nigeria for the Eagles. What I said
when the issue of goal scoring was raised, was that we will find a way around it; a way to achieve
higher number of goals.
“I said we believe in the technical abilities of our coach but if need be, we can interface with any
other system to tap ideas. In that way an Oliseh and a Guardiola, for instance, can liaise and
exchange
ideas. That’s all I said in that regard. That’s the kind of idea the FA can be looking at.”
Pinnick said that one of the challenges the FA was facing was the continual demand for trophies by
Nigerians. He said that the target of the current board was not just to win trophies for Nigerians but to
build a real football culture for the country as just trophies without clear developmental programmes
will not help the system.
“This year we have won trophies but that is not the ultimate. The ultimate drive is having a
dependable football culture and this we must educate Nigerians on. A proper football culture will rub
off positively in all aspects of our football.
“We can look at England. The last time they won a major trophy was in 1966 but nobody wakes up
every day to call for the sack of the FA because there’s a good system that has been entrenched; they
have a vibrant football culture. We want to develop a system that will not only help the national
teams but will also properly enhance the capacities of the clubs and the leagues.”
Pinnick said the federation was glad that the technology introduced into the national teams system
was working out giving the way the coaches of the U-17 team deployed the system in Chile and
eventually won the trophy.
by Pius Ayinor
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