Coach of Remo Stars of Ikenne, Daniel Ogunmodede has recorded his unhappiness over the shift in the date of the commencement of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL.
On Wednesday, the NFF Interim Management Committee, IMC, the body temporally in charge of charting a new course for the league, announced after six months of ending the 2021/2022 league that new date for the start of the league will be in January.
This is news has been greeted with sadness as many had anticipated that the league will start before the year ends with clubs already preparing themselves for the new season.
One of the club's coach, Daniel Ogunmodede of Remo is one person that the news of the postponement of the start of the league doesn't go down well with.
" We have been preparing for the league and it has been one date or the other.
For me not until the league start, then I can say we start but on my part I have been getting the boys ready.
Professionally and ethically is not good for me and the boys because you can't keep professional players for long with competitions there won't be behavioural patterns, and this is not done.
I'm not comfortable with it but what I don't have control over, I just have to keep the players fit and ready", he said.
Following a meeting on Wednesday with Club Owners, the IMC has said the draw for the new season will hold on the 28th of December while the league will kick off on the 8th of January, 2023.
By Uche Dozie