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| Paul Le Guen |
Nigeria Football Federation officials may have finally settled for Frenchman Paul
Le Guen as the next Super Eagles coach.
The Punch report continues:
The football house had made a shortlist of three
coaches on Friday: Le Guen, Salisu Yusuf and Tom Saintfiet but few days after
have now chosen the Frenchman who will be introduced to the public on July 18.
But
while the Eagles manager is being confirmed according to expectations, the
position of assistant coach has taken a new turn as the federation could seek
an alternative person to work in place of Yusuf who had worked as one of the
assistants to Sunday Oliseh.
Our
correspondent learnt on Monday that the NFF members were already in search of a
coach to work as the Nigerian assistant to Le Guen.
The
official said, “As it is now the position of the deputy has been thrown open
because Yusuf is still insisting that he would not work as an assistant to Le
Guen. Those who worked on their entries picked the Frenchman and with the hope
that Yusuf could learn a lot from him for the immediate future but he (Yusuf)
appears to have some other ideas so the federation will now have to consider a
new person altogether to replace Yusuf.
The
former Kano Pillars coach believes he now has enough managerial wisdom to lead
the Eagles.
In
the Federation Cup, the Round of 16 matches of the men’s competition and the
quarter-final matches of the women’s event will take place Tuesday (today) and
Wednesday.
Sunshine
Stars of Akure go up against Akwa United in Makurdi on Tuesday, as Crown of
Ogbomosho and Enugu Rangers play in Kaduna on the same day according to the
fixtures released by the FA on Monday.
Rivers
United and Shooting Stars of Ibadan are at each other’s jugular at the Ahmadu
Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Wednesday, while Wikki Tourists of Bauchi and Plateau
United will do battle in Akure in all-NPFL clashes.
FC
IfeanyiUbah will take on Katsina United at the Kwara Sports Complex, Ilorin on
Wednesday, while Nasarawa United will test might with Dynamite of Benin City at
the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja on the same day as Warri Wolves are up against
Prime of Oshogbo at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi.
The
postponed Round of 32 clash between Enyimba and El-Kanemi Warriors will come up
in Abuja also on Wednesday. The winner of the clash will go up against J. Atete
FC of Delta State at a later date.
In the women’s competition, Abia Angels will take to the field in Lokoja against Nasarawa Amazons, as Delta Queens and Katsina Queens do battle in Abuja on Tuesday, 12th July.
Super
Eagles Will Continue To Stumble If Coaches Are Owed, Says Eguavoen
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| Former Super Eagles Coach, Austin Eguavoen |
Former
Super Eagles Coach, Austin Eguavoen, believes the senior national team, will
not come out of its problems unless the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
changed its attitude to its handlers.
The
NFF is set to announce a new foreign coach who will guide the Super Eagles
through the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers and other engagements, but
Eguaveon says the move would not be effective if the NFF did not change its
attitude to the technical crew’s welfare.
Speaking
in Lagos, Eguaveon highlighted the problems facing national teams’ coaches,
saying the inability of the NFF to live up to its obligations to the coaches is
a major problem affecting the performance of the teams.
He
said the Super Eagles have been at the crossroads over the years because the federation
do not pay the coaches and players’ emoluments as at when due, adding that
other countries do not joke with their team’s welfare because that is the only
way to get the best out of them.
“Over
the years, the national team coaches have been owed salaries by the NFF and it
has not helped in ensuring they are 100% concentrated on the job.
“No
coach can give 100% when he is denied his salaries. These coaches have
families to cater for. I believe the issue of payment of coaches’ salaries as
at when due should be one of the problems the NFF must look into before getting
a new coach for the Eagles,” he said.
Rather than getting a
foreign coach for the Super Eagles, Eguavoen suggests that national U-23 coach,
Samson Siasia be given the job. He said: “I think Siasia should be the best
coach to handle the Eagles now based on his current record. If the NFF has the
money to hire and sustain a foreign coach they should act now because the
Eagles need to start early preparations for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
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