Julius Okorie
As direct fallout from the dismal outing of the Super Eagles in the two world cup qualifiers against South Africa and Republic of Benin, the Nigeria Football Federation has resolved to engage a foreign Technical Adviser to work with Coach Finidi George.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe decision we gather emerged from a communiqué of NFF Executive Committee held in Hybrid Mode on Wednesday, June 12 2024.
The Communiqué aside from apologising to Nigerians for the poor outing resolved to put every measure in place to ensure a better prepared squad ahead of AFCON 2025 qualifiers in September this year and resumption of World Cup qualifiers in March next year.
The Committee further resolved to re-jig the technical department by engaging additional quality hands. The board also frowned at the poor attitude of some players to national assignment and resolved to jack up interesting in combing the globe in search of eligible Nigerian players in the diaspora ready to add value to the national team.
There are legion of Nigeria born players who playing for other countries who would have preferred to play for Nigeria if approach had been made at the right time.
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Missing the last World Cup in Qatar and flagging off the qualifiers on a shaky note no doubt appears to have jolted the football house to begin to seek ways of arresting the drift before the dream of playing at the next world cup in 2026 slips away.
The Super Eagles have six more world Cup qualifiers three at home and three away beginning with the away match to Rwanda on March 17.
The Eagles are currently languishing in the fourth position in Group C with just three points in four matches played so far. Rwanda lead the Group with seven points same with South Africa and Benin Republic in second and third places respectively.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
