The captain of the senior national team of Nigeria William Troost-Ekong has explained why he feels an indigenous coach is best for the team ahead of Friday’s AFCON qualifier game against Libya at the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ekong while speaking ahead of the game was asked how the players are coping with working with an all Nigerian cast as coaches , after years of working with foreign coaches.
He gave his reasons, top of which is the passion that an indigenous coach brings to the touchline due to the fact that they are representing their county.
“It’s great for Nigeria football, I think it’s the way we can see progress for the long term that we want to see. I’ve always been an advocate for the NPFL and having players and coaches here and that is the way we can continue to grow Nigeria football”, the Al Khaloood of Saudi Arabia defender said at yesterday’s presser.
“It’s exciting for all of us, we are very happy to be here with them. When you have a coach from a country coaching the national team, he adds an extra bit of fashion and real feelings and hunger for all of us to do well.”
“So we have the same target in mind and on the same boat and we want to have success together.”
