Former Tremendous Eagles’ winger, Tijjani Babangida has come out with a surprising suggestion {that a} international coach could be employed to help a Nigerian tactician within the nation’s nationwide workforce.
Sports247 experiences that, in distinction with well-liked perception {that a} Nigerian coach could be the assistant to an expatriate technical adviser, ‘TJ’ mentioned it could possibly be the opposite manner spherical.
He used the instance of fellow-former Ajax Amsterdam of Netherlands winger, Finidi George, who resigned as Eagles’ head coach when it turned apparent {that a} foreigner could be employed to boss him.
Babangida (aka The Grasscutter) recalled. “What occurred with Finidi shouldn’t discourage NFF from giving our indigenous coaches an opportunity with the Tremendous Eagles.
“I’m certain many Nigerians is not going to agree with me, however one in every of our native coaches can nonetheless be given the possibility.”
He then outlined how the construction would work ought to an expatriate coach be positioned underneath an indigenous gaffer within the Tremendous Eagles.
“They’ll get an outdated and skilled European coach to come back and help any of our coaches. They need to not enable the issue that they had with Finidi repeat itself.
“They allowed the issue with Finidi to escalate and proceed for too lengthy. They need to have completed what they had been alleged to do early and on the proper time,” Babangida posited.
