Nigerians have not met the appointment of Bruno Labbadia as the new Super Eagles head coach with open arms.
Labbadia was announced new head coach of the Nigerian national team via a statement released by the NFF in the early hours of Tuesday.
The 58-year-old’s first challenge will be to guide the team through the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda, which will be followed by the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
While the NFF has finally appointed a permanent manager, Labbadia’s lack of pedigree, particularly his trophy less managerial career, has raised concerns among fans.
Nigerians lament over Bruno Labbadia’s appointment
One wrote, ”This man with bad management records, always win 4 match , draw 4/2 then loose the remaining games. Super Eagles reject him We Nigerian reject him.”
Another commented, ”Like NFF Like INEC. MIDNIGHT TEAM…UNA DON GO SIGN GERMAN LAMPARD IN THE NAME OF FOREIGN COACH.”
A third said, ”Labbadia won just 1 out of 11 games in charge of Stuttgart. He was sacked in 2023 after just 4 months in charge as the team sank to the bottom of the league.”
A fourth remarked, ”Una don give us another fraud as coach.”
See more reactions below:
https://twitter.com/thenff/status/1828294337601397143
Like NFF Like INEC.
MIDNIGHT TEAM…
UNA DON GO SIGN GERMAN LAMPARD IN THE NAME OF FOREIGN COACH.
— OBIANUJU (@ObianujuMenkiti) August 27, 2024
They went to sign a perpetual failure just cos of kickbacks 🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️. All the NFF personnel are nothing but thieves!!!! pic.twitter.com/LcehQJM3h1
— Roby 🇺🇳 (@robystyles4u777) August 27, 2024
Una go Hire coach way never win one trophy as a manager for e life, still finished 5th even in lower division.. Una nor well o
— King Ragnarr (@gragnarr) August 27, 2024
Na German frank Lampard be this , no good pedigree at all just another shameful waste of resources by the NFF again
Abeg get out with your fraudulent appointment— OKP NATion 🇳🇬 👟 (@wilshere240) August 27, 2024
Another O'level coach. I'll be here when he'll be owed salary and sacked unceremoniously.
— Ich heiße Ai-kay🐯 (@IK101_) August 27, 2024
