It is a truth that Nigeria’s football is experiencing a poor moment at the moment.
Nigerian coach Gernot Rohr says that he would not think twice about dropping any player who is not committed to the national team.
Arsenal legend and two-time African Footballer of The Year Nwankwo Kanu revealed his disappointment after Nigeria failed to qualify for a second successive African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.
A Japanese surgeon has promised the Nigerian players a reward of $30,000 to each player if ever they win the gold medal at the Olympic football tournament.
The surgeon said that he has fallen in love with the Nigerian team after having heard of the financial issues on television. He stated that it is a great achievement in itself for a team with these kinds of problems to have reached this stage of the competition.
Sam Sodje is shocked how the bigwigs of Nigeria association can name someone manager of country’s senior side without having any deal in place with him.
The first of those points was that the job had to be target based and the manager had to meet the targets the association would present to him. Secondly, he was also told he would have to settle himself in the country and he could not be residing somewhere else. Le Guen had problem with the two points put forward by the association.
Nigeria may be close to appointing interim manager Salisu Yusuf on a permanent basis.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) vice president, Seyi Akinwunmi, says that everyone at board level are pleased with the way the team has performed under the regime ofYusuf. Hence, they are now considering making him as the new Nigeria national team coach. The team competed in friendly games against Mali and Luxembourg under the regime ofYusuf. In both these games, the team performed exceptionally well and managed to concede only one goal.
Nigerian national team coach Salisu Yusuf has been facing criticism for his failure to pick a large number of homegrown players.
He has been placing his faith on players currently plying their trade in foreign nations. A number of Nigerian international is are currently playing in European football, which is regarded as the pinnacle of the sport. Hence, he seems to be giving preference to these players in the hope of continuing the good work done by the national team in recent seasons.Yusuf took charge of the national team only in April. The team is looking forward to play its first game under Yusuf when they take on Mali in a friendly game towards the end of May.
Jonathan Akpoborie believes that the current Nigerian Football Federation crisis will affect the Olympic team
The former Nigerian striker, Jonathan Akpoborie believes that the current crisis affecting the Nigerian Football Federation will have an impact on the Olympic team. The under-23 team will participate in the Olympics football tournament later this year.
Jonathan Akpoborie has stated that it is unfortunate that each time it is the wrong people that are running the federation and that this is affecting the level of football in Nigeria. He said that Nigeria should wave goodbye to their dream of a gold medal at the Olympics if ever the current issues persist at the Federation.
The Nigerian coach, Samson Siasia, on the other hand, has stated that he is confident that his team will qualify from his Olympic group consisting of Japan, Colombia, and Sweden. But he is concerned with the temperature in Manus which may negatively affect his side.
For some more interesting news in the Nigerian football world, there has been a sacking by a federal high court ruling against the Nigeria Football Federation.
This news come out of left field for many fans who are still left speculating as to what the cause was and why this would even need to be done.
Nigeria will have to beat Egypt in their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Egypt leads the table with 2 points and with only the group winner qualifying for Gabon 2017, it is important that Nigeria wins this game.