Former Nigeria international, Segun Odegbami has proposed that the next coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles should be a coach from Nigeria and not foreign, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
After the announcement of Coach Jose Peseiro of stepping down as the Coach of the Super Eagles, there have been divergent views on who should be the next coach or where the coach should come from.
Odegbami joins the latest voice in who takes the reins as the Coach of the men's national team while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.
He referred to it as mental slavery the idea of appointing a local coach when there are competent indigenous coaches.
“Unless we want to be enslaved forever, in our colonial mentality where we think that only the white can coach us to success.
All around us, we hear about some Nigerians who are excelling in all fields of endeavours and they are leaving the country to go and help other countries.
“Football is not a rocket science, but a simple game, we have lots of Nigerians who have all the qualifications to take us to any level.
“For me, I won’t suffer from colonial mentality again and enough of foreign coaches, now, it’s time for a Nigerian Coach to handle our national team.”
He added, “Peseiro did not resign as the story is being peddled, his contract ended and it was not renewed, end of story.”
The likes of Emmanuel Amuneke, Sunday Oliseh and Augustine Eguavoen have all been linked with the Super Eagles job following Peseiro’s departure.
Uche Dozie