Former Super Eagles Player, Segun Odegbami, has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to look inward for an indigenous coach to handle the Super Eagles.
Odegbami, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos State, said that Nigeria needs a home grown coach to manage the Super Eagles.
His comments come hours after Jose Peseiro, confirmed his exit as 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, on Friday said he was fulfilled coaching the West African nation.
“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.
Stop Appointing Foreigners To Manage Our National Team, Odegbami Tells NFF
