In a bid to boost the fading hope of the senior national team of Nigeria qualifying for the 2026 world cup, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has called for all hands to be on deck, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Super Eagles are 5th in their group four points behind the leaders Rwanda after the recent results in the qualifiers, where they were held to a 1-1 draw by South Africa before losing 1-2 to Benin Republic. The results led to the departure of Finidi George as head coach.
A new coach for the team is expected to be named next month, but already the coach has been given guidelines he will need to follow if he is to succeed as coach of the team with players selection top of the agenda.
” It was stated in the communique that we (NFF) released. The new coach will scout for the best players eligible to play for Nigeria regardless of where they are born. There are no preferences as this is not the time to show favouritism”, a chieftain of the NFF said.
The idea of calling players from the NPFL to make the league gets visibility is no longer going to be the case. We need points to be at the next world cup and only the best legs can give us that and sadly I don’t think they are in the NPFL”, he stated.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
