President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amàju Pinnick
has for the first time spoken on why former captain Sunday Oliseh was
considered worthy replacing sacked Stephen Keshi as the next Super Eagles
coach.
Oliseh, a former Dortmund defensive midfielder is set to be named Eagles
coach this week in Abuja and speaking at
the Warri City stadium during yesterday’s league match between Warri
Wolves and Enyimba, Pinnick said Oliseh
was deemed the best hand for the Eagles because of his high intellectual capacity
in coaching and recommendations by the Federation of International Football
Associations.
Oliseh has a UEFA Pro Licence certificate, regarded as the
highest coaching certificate in the world but comes with a baggage of no
experience managing a top team in Europe, Africa, America and no p riot
experience coaching of a junior national side.
But rising to defend their choice of Oliseh, Pinnick said
the best experience needed to do the job were intellectual capacity and prior
experience as a player.
“I absolutely feel that we have made the right choice by
picking Oliseh to handle the Super Eagles. In this age of technological
advancement, we must start doing things differently. We need a coach with sound
intellectual capacity and one who has the highest coaching certificate. He is
working with FIFA at the technical study group. The world recognises him and
FIFA even recommended him. He has the passion to coach the Eagles and that is
also important for us.
“On his lack of experience, Nigerians must realise that he’s
not the first to be first named in the world. Berti Vogts and Juergen Klinsmann
didn’t have experience when they were appointed, so why the noise about Oliseh”, asked Pinnick
rhetorically
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