lead the panel that interviewed Sunday Oliseh Six years ago for the
Eagles job before Amodu Shuaibu was appointed head coach has
exclusively, told a sport journalist on the condition of anonymity
that most members of the NFF are leaning towards the Ex-Eagles captain
taking over from Stephen Keshi and contrary to claims by the Keshi the
NFF are not persuading him to stay despite offering him a new two year
deal.
"It's not a secret that Sunday Oliseh is the anointed one among us at
the NFF, and the reason is obvious six years ago with Keshi in
attendance as well, Oliseh came out top after an interview session but
we were scared of gambling on him because he has no coaching
experience prior to that interview, we asked him to understudy Amodu
Shuaibu but he refused. The closest after him was then under-23 coach
Samson Siasia but at that time he was preparing the Olympic team for
the Beijing Olympics and we asked him to pick one as he can't combine
both, he opted for the Olympic team, We had no choice than to give it
to Amodu Shuaibu"
"With all due respect to Keshi back then he came last in the interview
among them all, but before Samson Siasia was appointed they were the
only two in contention, so when Siasia failed we hired him but we
still have it at the back of our mind that Sunday Oliseh will one day
be our coach and there is no better time for it to come to pass than
now"
On claims Keshi was been persuaded to continue in his role, the source
said there is no substance to his claims. "We have made our position
known to Keshi, two year deal with certain clauses accept it or leave
it, we can't beg him or persuade him because he is not doing it for
free, he gets paid for his job and if the conditions are not
favourable to him we have options and Oliseh is our top choice."
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