The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that
former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh will
coach the Super Eagles with a team that will
include a Dutch as an assistant.
A manager close to Oliseh in Europe, who has full
knowledge of the talks between the NFF and Oliseh
in London, confirmed to The PUNCH on Wednesday
that the former Eagles captain had accepted the
job offer and would work with an assistant from
Europe.
He said, “I can confirm that Sunny (Oliseh) has
accepted the offer and he will be working with an
assistant coming down from Europe as well.”
On Wednesday, the NFF confirmed they were in
talks with the Belgium-based Nigerian to replace
Stephen Keshi, who was kicked out as Eagles
coach on Saturday. Oliseh met with NFF president
Amaju Pinnick and Austin Jay Jay Okocha in
London on Tuesday.
“An offer has been made, and there is an
understanding, but we have to work out the final
details of the agreement in a few days. Of course,
the Executive Board has to give approval for his
appointment based on the final terms to be
agreed,” Felix Anyansi-Agwu, Chairman of the NFF
Technical and Development Committee said on
Wednesday.
The NFF added that Oliseh would come with a
“foreign technical assistant, whose job description
will centre around development programmes, and
working with clubs’ youth teams and certified
academies towards developing the game from the
grassroots.
“Current stand-in coach Salisu Yusuf will also be
in the new team, but with greater devotion to the
home-based team, otherwise known as Super
Eagles B, and will be the interface between the
technical crew and the home boys.”
From the details of the package being finalised,
Oliseh is expected to come up with a five-year
developmental plan “to fashion a unique playing
and coaching philosophy for all the national teams,
and will for this purpose, interface regularly with
coaches of those teams.
“We are also looking at how he will periodically
organise clinics and seminars for coaches of clubs
in the Nigeria Professional Football League,
probably once in a month, so as to strengthen the
playing philosophy across board. A robust youth
development programme, elite player development
strategy and performance programmes to drive
higher standards, among other core sustainable
development programmes, are also part of the
proposal,” Anyansi-Agwu said.
NFF President Pinnick said, “Sunday Oliseh has
vast experience and immense knowledge of the
game, and will certainly add value to what we are
doing. He has bought into our vision and objectives
towards the development of Nigeria football. He
will command the respect of the players and we
trust he has the temperament to work
harmoniously with the Technical and Development
Committee, the Technical Directorate and the
Technical Study Group.
“On our part at the NFF, we will give him all the
support to succeed as we have been giving to all
our coaches. Subject to the approval of the NFF
Executive Committee, we will conclude
negotiations by weekend and he will be unveiled
next week.”

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Finally, we now have a handsome coach.

Tydies:
Finally, we now have a handsome coach.

lol, dude u spoke my mind...

Its nt everybody that knows how to playball know how to coach o, NFF should stop this issue of using EX super eagle stars as coach if not the reverse maybe the case oooooooo...
Keshi
Siasia
Shaibu amodu
Amokachi (assistant)
Eguavon
Where are They today? They have been sacked because they cannot deliver

muhyeenisce:
Its nt everybody that knows how to playball know how to coach o, NFF should stop this issue of using EX super eagle stars as coach if not the reverse maybe the case oooooooo...
Keshi
Siasia
Shaibu amodu
Amokachi (assistant)
Eguavon
Where are They today? They have been sacked because they cannot deliver

but keshi delivered,at least he won us the nations cup, amodu too delivered at some certain stage by qualifying us for the world cup . U need to explain what u mean by “deliver”

onatisi:
but keshi delivered,at least he won us the nations cup, amodu too delivered at some certain stage by qualifying us for the world cup . U need to explain what u mean by “deliver”

why did they sack him?

muhyeenisce:
why did they sack him?

the sacking of keshi was a disciplinary action I don't think it has anything to do with performance.

onatisi:
the sacking of keshi was a disciplinary action I don't think it has anything to do with performance.

did nigeria participated in the last nations cup?

This is the best deal ever.

I say so because Oliseh and is psrtner are not just coming to coach the senior team, but will be here for all round development programmes at every level from the other national teams, to the professional and amateur clubs down to the academies to inculcate a distinctly Nigerian way of playing soccer.

Now this is what we desperately need.

A player of 13 at an academy will know exactly what is expected of him or her, if he ever gets to play at the age grade teams, Nigerian club sides ir the super eagles or falcons.

This is a fantastic deal.