Read what Christian Chukwu said about hiring a foreign coach

– Christian Chukwu believes the problems of the Super Eagles is beyond hiring a foreign coach

– Says Nigerians are not patient with coaches

– Advises the NFF to find lasting solution to the team’s problem

Former Super Eagles coach and captain Christian Chukwu has stated that the NFF’s resolve to hire a foreign coach for the Super Eagles is not the solution to the problems of the national team.

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick had earlier disclosed that with the exit of Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles coach, Nigeria would now resort to getting a top-notch foreign coach.

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However, according to Punch, Chukwu explained that the Super Eagles are faced with much more problems in which a foreign coach will not automatically do the job, adding that there are good indigenous coaches for the position.

“If the NFF wants to hire a foreign coach they can do so since they are the ones who will pay for his services. But I think a foreign coach is not the solution to the problems of the Eagles,” the former Nigeria captain said.

“The Eagles need a coach who knows the Nigerian terrain to handle the team and not a coach who will be working mostly from outside the country.

“There are many competent coaches here in the country who will do the same job a foreign coach will do. Only few world-class coaches can cope with the peculiar nature of the Nigerian structure.

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“The basic solution to the team’s problem is to have a long-term plan which will enable any coach hired to work on the successes and failures of the team as well as improving their performance. The problem is that we are not patient enough with coaches and we sack them after a bad time.

“If the foreign coach comes and he didn’t do well, he will still be sacked. So why not look at a long-term solution rather than a short-term one, which I think the hiring of a foreigner is.”

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However, Super Eagles interim coach Samson Siasia has named his first squad as Super Eagles coach.

Nigeria are on four points in second place in their 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifying group, two behind Egypt and two ahead of Tanzania and Chad.

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