Siasia, Salisu Yusuf, Amuneke To Serve As Acting Coaches, After Amodu Rejects post

 

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia, Eagles assistant coach Salisu Yusuf and U20 coach Emmanuel Amuneke will lead the Super Eagles for next month’s AFCON qualifiers against Egypt to be supervised by former Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu.

This was after Amodu, who qualified Nigeria to two World Cups, in 2002 and 2014, rejected to lead the country again on health grounds.

These appointments followed Thursday’s shocking resignation of Sunday Oliseh. [see]

NFF technical committee chairman Chris Green announced the appointments, saying, “The new crew has the mandate to reach out to the very best Nigerian players anywhere.

"The matches against Egypt would not be picnics and we need our very best for those contests.”

It was further understood this is as a stop-gap arrangement before a foreign coach is named later this year.

Siasia is staging a sensational comeback to the job he lost in 2011, when he was sacked after he failed to qualify Nigeria to the AFCON 2012.

Siasia will be assisted by Yusuf, who also worked with him at the 2009 FIFA U20 World Cup in Egypt.

Former Kano Pillars and Enyimba coach Yusuf was assistant coach to both Stephen Keshi and Oliseh.

Newly appointed U20 coach Amuneke will be the second assistant coach.

“These are temporary appointments and they will be reviewed after the matches against Egypt with the coaches expected to revert to their primary assignments,” disclosed an official who attended the NFF technical committee meeting in Abuja on Friday.

Hmmm, now no one wants the position again oh,.... lol see wahala