Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro has confirmed his departure as the coach of the Super Eagles after his contract officially expired on Thursday.
Peseiro, who guided the Eagles to a second-place finish at the 2023 African Cup of Nations, expressed his fulfillment in coaching the West African nation upon confirming his departure on Friday.
Odegbami advice to NFF
Segun Odegbami, former international player, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to consider hiring an indigenous coach to lead the Super Eagles.
According to punchng, Odegbami, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos State, said that Nigeria needed a better hand to handle the Super Eagles.
“Unless we want to be enslaved forever, in our colonial mentality where we think that only the white can coach us to success.
“All around us, we hear about some Nigerians who are excelling in all fields of endeavours and they are leaving the country to go and help other countries.
“Football is not a rocket science, but a simple game. We have lots of Nigerians who have all the qualifications to take us to any level.
“For me, I won’t suffer from colonial mentality again and enough of foreign coaches. Now, it’s time for a Nigerian coach to handle our national team, ” Odegbami said.
Odegbami calls Peseiro average
He encouraged the former Super Eagles coach, Peseiro, to transition out of his coaching role with the national team.
Odegbami remarked that Peseiro’s performance as coach of the Super Eagles had been average.
“Peseiro did not resign as the story is being peddled. His contract ended and it was not renewed, end of story.
“He should bow out when the ovation is loud. If the ovation was not loud, the government wouldn’t have given him the award that nobody could have ever imagined.
“Peseiro got a reward that has never been given to any coach in the world, not because he won the AFCON, but because he came second.
“He should leave Nigeria alone to face the future. We need a coach who will take us to win something because we are tired of coaches who cannot win anything for us, ” he noted.
