More than two decades after leading Nigeria to the fifth position on the Fifa rankings, the highest ever by the country, Dutchman Clemens Westerhof wants another crack with the Super Eagles.
Westerhof was instrumental in assembling an exciting band of footballers who conquered Africa and went further to prove themselves at the world stage in 1994.
That golden age - between 1989 and 1994 - could be described as one of Nigeria’s finest in footballing terms as the team played some attractive swash-buckling football which gained the country a lot of admirers.
The Dutchman reckons he can get Nigeria back to the glory days after successive Africa Cup of Nations no-show.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sounded out a foreign coach for the Super Eagles following the disappointing end to the Gabon 2017 qualifiers and with interim coach Samson Siasia likely to go back to the under-23s, Westerhof has thrown his hat into the ring.
Westerhof’s last engagement in Nigeria was with the Kwara Football Academy but wants a return to the land where he made his name spending six years on the Super Eagles job.
"Nigeria need a strong person with the required experience to bring them out of the negative position they are in right now,” Westerhof told the BBC.
"Nigeria is a big country and the national team should be in the top 10 in Fifa's world rankings, not the 67th position they currently occupy.
"For 22 years I have watched everything I built slowly collapse and all I need is a chance to fix the national team again.
"With due respect to Sunday Oliseh, he was a good player but the job of managing Nigeria is not for an inexperienced person and that is the reason things never worked out.
"I know what Nigeria lacks and need to be respected in the world again."
Nigeria won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 but failed to defend their title two years later in Equatorial Guinea which Ivory Coast won.
The Super Eagles will not feature at Gabon 2017 after losing the race for the sole ticket in Group G of the 2017 Afcon qualifiers to seven-time champions Egypt.
Westerhof feels he is the man to sort out Nigeria’s dwindling fortunes as he insists he has unfinished business with the Super Eagles.
"I left Nigeria as number five in the world and now I want to do it again, this is my second country and what I accomplished then is possible again," the Dutchman said.
"Just give me the Super Eagles again and watch what we can all achieve together."