Lol... Amunike also successfully managed U17, U20 and two NPFL sides in Julius Berger (now Bridge FC) and Ocean Boys before he even got the U17 Job in 2013.

Now tell me, has Manu coached a senior national team before?

humility33:

Even when it comes to local coach
I will pick Manu Garba to coach the super eagles over Amunike

He successfully managed under 17 and under 20 and even an NPFL side

The other one had a failed career in Zambian and Egyptian league and under 20

We are not telling ourselves truth in this country

The under 20 job too I don't know how Ladan Bosso merit that job

charlesemeka85:
So finally we will get to see super play barca style of football🤩🤩🤩

I can’t wait 😊😊😊

sarcasm at it peak 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Emmy450:
🤣🤣🤣, those were political statement, football is no respecter of tribe oh

Abi oooo, fans wey carry placard they agitate for the employment of amuneke as our next coach what will u call that?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

charlesemeka85:
So finally we will get to see super play barca style of football🤩🤩🤩

I can’t wait 😊😊😊

but on a more serious note, I believe the eagles would play more of a possessive game now.
But possessive game does not necessitate better win ratio.
Make everybody mind dey o Tor .
Because we knw how e end for Tanzania o

charlesemeka85:
So finally we will get to see super play barca style of football🤩🤩🤩

I can’t wait 😊😊😊

If dem born amunike well,make we no c Barca style😏😏😏😒😒

So amunike na our new coach ?

I hope he won’t be asking for egunje from players sha

Good luck to him

humility33:

The worst thing is that they see the super eagles coaching job as their birth right
Bunch of average coaches. Their mates are chairing FAs and regional football body here they're are recycling themselves with super eagles job.
None of them dare contest for NFF president

I am sick and tired of them. Give one of them the job now and watch the others beef
That 94 set walahi has outlived their useless

Big Sheg wey don dey vie for the NFF chair since time immemorial nko? What we need to understand is that things don't always appear as they seem. The underhanded tactics and shenanigans going on in the FA and by extension Nigeria 🇳🇬 at large is what is costing us big. Have we ever had any square peg in square holes ? It's all political

Emmy450:
sarcasm at it peak 🤣🤣🤣🤣

sarca wetin?

Honestly I’m looking forward to that

andrewbaba44:
So amunike na our new coach ?

I hope he won’t be asking for egunje from players sha

Good luck to him

nah he is upright 😊

andrewbaba44:
So amunike na our new coach ?

I hope he won’t be asking for egunje from players sha

Good luck to him

wen em gather few touts give the dem small money to protest na wey I knw say baba if fucking desperate and ready to do anything to get the job

Very shameful act. I pray he succeed

Philosopher1979:


Players like Olisah ndah and ibrahim olawoyin might be better than some of these top 5 league players but people will not agree.
The scouting system is not always perfect.

Reason is simple.... Agenda must agend

TheSuperNerd:
Chidera Ejuke scores!!! A brilliant goal.

Puts Royal Antwerp 1-0 up away at Cercle Brugges.

And it turns out the match winner. Chidera Ejuke's 4th goal of the Pro League season and 8th G/A was enough to bag all 3 pts for Antwerp. He played all 90mins.

Midfield Sultan, Alhassan Yusuf created off the bench for the Final 7mins plus added time. Created a big chance late on that wasn't converted.

elyte89:



If dem born amunike well,make we no c Barca style😏😏😏😒😒

why 🤣🤣🤣

charlesemeka85:
wen em gather few touts give the dem small money to protest na wey I knw say baba if fucking desperate and ready to do anything to get the job

Very shameful act. I pray he succeed

Lmao

Make we Dey see sha

TheSuperNerd:


And it turns out the match winner. Chidera Ejuke's 4th goal of the Pro League season and 8th G/A was enough to bag all 3 pts for Antwerp. He played all 90mins.

Midfield Sultan, Alhassan Yusuf created off the bench for the Final 7mins plus added time. Created a big chance late on that wasn't converted.

Nothing this one fit play again make I dey impressed. Dude came to the eagles on the back of a heavy hype only to give me some High school performances.

ChrisKels:


Nothing this one fit play again make I dey impressed. Dude came to the eagles on the back of a heavy hype only to give me some High school performances.

Ejike Abi Yusuf?

Super Eagles coach: Reasons why NFF settled for ex-Barcelona man Emmanuel Amunike revealed

The former Nigeria international will reportedly be announced as the next head coach of the national team in the coming days

1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami has provided reasons why the Nigeria Football Federation has seemingly decided on appointing Emmanuel Amunike as the head coach of the Super Eagles, Soccernet.ng reports.

After screening dozens of applications from foreign and indigenous coaches over the past few weeks, the NFF has reportedly selected Amunike as the successor to Jose Peseiro.


Odegbami believes the NFF preferred another European coach to take over the national team to further the alleged financial racketeering in the exercise.


However, the Shooting Stars icon is convinced that the scarcity of funds in the coffers of the NFF forced the football body to settle for a Nigerian coach – a cheaper alternative.

“One thing is clear, except amongst some academic hard-line critics of Nigerian coaches, there appears to be little appetite for another half-baked foreign coach in Nigeria,” Odegbami wrote in his column in the Vanguard.

“The rackets attached to the hiring of foreign coaches may not find accommodation in a beleaguered government trying to reduce corruption in the system.

“The NFF does not have the funds, and the federal government will not accommodate the humongous fees of foreign coaches in the present dispensation.

“So, it will be a Nigerian as next manager of the Super Eagles.”

It has been seven weeks since Jose Peseiro exited his role as the Super Eagles head coach, leaving the position vacant.

If the NFF knew it only had the resources to hire a local coach, why has it taken such a long time to identify the right candidate among the many former internationals who applied for the job?


Odegbami concedes that while most Nigerians in the media space wanted Emmanuel Amunike, other powerful interests were pulling the strings behind the screens.

The two-time AFCON top goal scorer, however, warns Amunike to be ready to convince skeptics of his readiness for the job when his appointment becomes official.




“There is a lot of politicking ongoing,” Odegbami continued.

“Nigerian coaches appear not to tick all the boxes of requirements, not eliciting the confidence of several officials of the NFF with vested interest in particular aspirants.

“As things stand, however, a decision has to be taken now.

“Most fingers point in the direction of a former international player.

“He appears to be the preferred choice of most Nigerians in the media, particularly the social media.

“I will not be surprised if Emmanuel Amuneke gets the final nod to lead the team. It will become a huge task to dispel the serious reservations about his choice by those familiar with his antecedents when he was in one of the junior teams.”

Amunike left mixed antecedents when handling the Nigerian underaged teams.

The former Barcelona winger led the Golden Eaglets to loft the FIFA U-17 World Cup while nurturing talented kids like Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze.

However, he was in charge of the Flying Eagles when the team failed to qualify for the U20 AFCON in 2017.

robosky02:

Super Eagles coach: Reasons why NFF settled for ex-Barcelona man Emmanuel Amunike revealed

The former Nigeria international will reportedly be announced as the next head coach of the national team in the coming days

1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami has provided reasons why the Nigeria Football Federation has seemingly decided on appointing Emmanuel Amunike as the head coach of the Super Eagles, Soccernet.ng reports.

After screening dozens of applications from foreign and indigenous coaches over the past few weeks, the NFF has reportedly selected Amunike as the successor to Jose Peseiro.


Odegbami believes the NFF preferred another European coach to take over the national team to further the alleged financial racketeering in the exercise.


However, the Shooting Stars icon is convinced that the scarcity of funds in the coffers of the NFF forced the football body to settle for a Nigerian coach – a cheaper alternative.

“One thing is clear, except amongst some academic hard-line critics of Nigerian coaches, there appears to be little appetite for another half-baked foreign coach in Nigeria,” Odegbami wrote in his column in the Vanguard.

“The rackets attached to the hiring of foreign coaches may not find accommodation in a beleaguered government trying to reduce corruption in the system.

“The NFF does not have the funds, and the federal government will not accommodate the humongous fees of foreign coaches in the present dispensation.

“So, it will be a Nigerian as next manager of the Super Eagles.”

It has been seven weeks since Jose Peseiro exited his role as the Super Eagles head coach, leaving the position vacant.

If the NFF knew it only had the resources to hire a local coach, why has it taken such a long time to identify the right candidate among the many former internationals who applied for the job?


Odegbami concedes that while most Nigerians in the media space wanted Emmanuel Amunike, other powerful interests were pulling the strings behind the screens.

The two-time AFCON top goal scorer, however, warns Amunike to be ready to convince skeptics of his readiness for the job when his appointment becomes official.




“There is a lot of politicking ongoing,” Odegbami continued.

“Nigerian coaches appear not to tick all the boxes of requirements, not eliciting the confidence of several officials of the NFF with vested interest in particular aspirants.

“As things stand, however, a decision has to be taken now.

“Most fingers point in the direction of a former international player.

“He appears to be the preferred choice of most Nigerians in the media, particularly the social media.

“I will not be surprised if Emmanuel Amuneke gets the final nod to lead the team. It will become a huge task to dispel the serious reservations about his choice by those familiar with his antecedents when he was in one of the junior teams.”

Amunike left mixed antecedents when handling the Nigerian underaged teams.

The former Barcelona winger led the Golden Eaglets to loft the FIFA U-17 World Cup while nurturing talented kids like Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze.

However, he was in charge of the Flying Eagles when the team failed to qualify for the U20 AFCON in 2017.

ok made Sense

robosky02:

Super Eagles coach: Reasons why NFF settled for ex-Barcelona man Emmanuel Amunike revealed

The former Nigeria international will reportedly be announced as the next head coach of the national team in the coming days

1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami has provided reasons why the Nigeria Football Federation has seemingly decided on appointing Emmanuel Amunike as the head coach of the Super Eagles, Soccernet.ng reports.

After screening dozens of applications from foreign and indigenous coaches over the past few weeks, the NFF has reportedly selected Amunike as the successor to Jose Peseiro.


Odegbami believes the NFF preferred another European coach to take over the national team to further the alleged financial racketeering in the exercise.


However, the Shooting Stars icon is convinced that the scarcity of funds in the coffers of the NFF forced the football body to settle for a Nigerian coach – a cheaper alternative.

“One thing is clear, except amongst some academic hard-line critics of Nigerian coaches, there appears to be little appetite for another half-baked foreign coach in Nigeria,” Odegbami wrote in his column in the Vanguard.

“The rackets attached to the hiring of foreign coaches may not find accommodation in a beleaguered government trying to reduce corruption in the system.

“The NFF does not have the funds, and the federal government will not accommodate the humongous fees of foreign coaches in the present dispensation.

“So, it will be a Nigerian as next manager of the Super Eagles.”

It has been seven weeks since Jose Peseiro exited his role as the Super Eagles head coach, leaving the position vacant.

If the NFF knew it only had the resources to hire a local coach, why has it taken such a long time to identify the right candidate among the many former internationals who applied for the job?


Odegbami concedes that while most Nigerians in the media space wanted Emmanuel Amunike, other powerful interests were pulling the strings behind the screens.

The two-time AFCON top goal scorer, however, warns Amunike to be ready to convince skeptics of his readiness for the job when his appointment becomes official.




“There is a lot of politicking ongoing,” Odegbami continued.

“Nigerian coaches appear not to tick all the boxes of requirements, not eliciting the confidence of several officials of the NFF with vested interest in particular aspirants.

“As things stand, however, a decision has to be taken now.

“Most fingers point in the direction of a former international player.

“He appears to be the preferred choice of most Nigerians in the media, particularly the social media.

“I will not be surprised if Emmanuel Amuneke gets the final nod to lead the team. It will become a huge task to dispel the serious reservations about his choice by those familiar with his antecedents when he was in one of the junior teams.”

Amunike left mixed antecedents when handling the Nigerian underaged teams.

The former Barcelona winger led the Golden Eaglets to loft the FIFA U-17 World Cup while nurturing talented kids like Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze.

However, he was in charge of the Flying Eagles when the team failed to qualify for the U20 AFCON in 2017.

So nff knew Dey couldn’t afford a foreign coach,so y waste time…instead of dem to just handover the team to finidi or amuneke as d case maybe ..dense ppu

Naija boys Eze and Olise score for Crystal Palace


I know we've lost Eze but we need to do everything to get Olise it France dont pick him for the Euros...I'm hearing he's leaning towards Nigeria now. Amunike will love a player like Olise in his team considering the style of football he likes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDbTSYhCxI?si=HQm7NNv18yy12wMC

I took time and watched this interview and I think it's high time we told ourselves the blatant truth. These smear campaigns on our indigenous coaches need to stop. The people at the helm of affairs in the FA are the ones playing politics with our emotions with regards to national team football and age grade competitions.

We have 2 high profile games coming up and up till now we haven't named a coach yet. That to me is a way of sabotaging our world cup aspirations and then blaming it on a local coach so as to use as an excuse to bring in another journey man who will come and collect cheap salaries. When will we stop this slave mentality.

Why can't we build our own instead of funneling monies across the oceans for these imperialists? Now we are losing identity slowly. All because of one stupid ideology called modern football that has not translated to England or even Belgium winning the world cup.

Can we really beat our chest that we gave our home based coaches the same freehand we give Oyinbo man? It is the oyinbo man that can command respect and not our own. Some of us are not even ashamed to spew such outside. Travel out and see how we Nigerians are able to hold our grounds against these whites. They even marvel at our level of confidence. But once it comes to our own we employ PHD syndrome. If he is not accused of nepotism, it is bribery. Every reason to fail.

By and large, this also is the reason our Naira will always struggle cos we love it flashy and we love it European. If it's not Gucci, it has to be Dior. Naija wake up.... wake the eff up!

charlesemeka85:
Ejike Abi Yusuf?

Ejike.


That yusuf sef I still dey use one eye dey look am because him too rash

Cyriel Dessers Goal for Rangers in the Scottish FA Cup semis. His goal puts Rangers up 1-0 vs Hearts.

Celtic awaits the winner in the final.

elyte89:



So nff knew Dey couldn’t afford a foreign coach,so y waste time…instead of dem to just handover the team to finidi or amuneke as d case maybe ..dense ppu

this is exactly my problem just give him the team, he should have taken them to Morocco for those games

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Amunike also successfully managed U17, U20 and two NPFL sides in Julius Berger (now Bridge FC) and Ocean Boys before he even got the U17 Job in 2013.

Now tell me, has Manu coached a senior national team before?

successfully managed U-17? Sure but can’t say the same about U-20

He only lost one game out of nearly 50 games played including Qualifiers. That team was going places until the NFF sabotage in Lagos happened. End of story.

jihday:
successfully managed U-17? Sure but can’t say the same about U-20

jihday:
this is exactly my problem just give him the team, he should have taken them to Morocco for those games

Abi o …common sense

Yet you and your kata Kata (route one haram) football philosophy no make am. Wasn't even under serious consideration. Smh. Elyte, go and meet TheGoodJoe now to upgrade your coaching badges. SOAK IN AS MUCH AS IS NEEDED.

elyte89:



Abi o …common sense

The Champions of Germany FT. BONIFACE & TELLA

Tella in the starting lineup.

Boniface starts from bench.

Leverkusen looks to extend their record 44 games unbeaten run across all competitions. The TEAM THAT JUST WON'T LOSE.

jihday:
successfully managed U-17? Sure but can’t say the same about U-20

Am not sure if the NPFL teams also recorded succeses when they were coached by Amuneke.

Did the NPFL team coached by Manu Garba fare any better?

AndSunGorilla:

Am not sure if the NPFL teams also recorded succeses when they were coached by Amuneke.

A brace for Cyriel Dessers. His two goals are taking Rangers to the Scottish Cup final for a repeat of the old firm Derby vs Celtic.

TheSuperNerd:
Cyriel Dessers Goal for Rangers in the Scottish FA Cup semis. His goal puts Rangers up 1-0 vs Hearts.

Celtic awaits the winner in the final.