There have been widespread speculations that Super
Eagles Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, wants to take over the job of
Stephen Keshi as head coach.
The rumour became rife against the backdrop of the
team’s international friendly matches against Cote D’ Ivoire and Sudan in Abu
Dabi on January 11 and 17 respectively, which Amokachi is in charge.
Recall that Amokachi has been in charge of the team
after the team was eliminated from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by South
Africa last November. He coached the team in the friendly against Ghana that
Nigeria won 1-0 at the Akwa Ibom Stadium last year.
According to Amokachi, he was not carried away with
reports claiming his capability of tinkering the team for future tournaments.
Read his words…
“I am only standing in for my boss, Stephen Keshi,”.
“What am doing is assessing the players’ physical and
mental fitness ahead of the matches.
“We’re dealing with rustiness in the squad, the league
being on break is one reason. It’s unfortunate for us because we have seven
days to prepare. The first game is on the 11th, proper training for seven days
then we travel.
“We’ll do our best, try to build them up to the level
where we feel they can play. So the first training is to assess their cardio
and ball handling skills.”
Meanwhile, here is what Keshi said about Amokachi:
”We should support Amokachi to succeed with the home
based. I believe he can guide the Eagles to get some decent results from the
two matches in Dubai.
”It must not always be Keshi alone. I have worked with
Amokachi for quite some time now and I know he can do well in my absence, so
there should be no panic over those two matches.
Daniel is quite experienced with the national team and
this will not be different.”
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