Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh, has made an unprecedented u-turn from an earlier intention to consider the technical director job of the Super Eagles with an eye now on the job presently manned by embattled coach, Samson Siasia.
Oliseh at the weekend offered to take over the country’s team and heeding a clamour of teeming Nigerians for his expertise and experience. “I’m making it very clear that I now wish to coach the Eagles.?
I’m prepared for the job and I wish to heed the clamour from Nigerians who have asked me variously to come back and help the country,” the Belgium-based former Eagles captain said. “Since 2002, we have struggled with our tactical setup and have had to win most games by luck.
And this is getting worse and worse. I believe with the help of other positive people we can stop this rot and get the Eagles back on their feet and winning again.
I have worked as a coach for two years and have a UEFA? A licence, which makes me as qualified as any foreign coach Nigeria would want to hire. And besides this education, I know the mentality of the players because I’m still one of them.”
Oliseh was first interviewed for the Eagles top job in 2008 along with the likes of Shuaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi. He posted his desire on his Twitter handle on Saturday stating that he is willing to work under a more experienced coach as technical adviser.
“As long as such a person (technical adviser) is a positive person like me, I will be ready to work under him.
The decision of who will be the Eagles coach rests with the NFF. It’s up to them to do what they have to do. But I now want to make it very clear that I’m ready to take up this challenge and I no longer wish to be seen as someone who refused to put himself forward for the good of his country.”
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