Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle has said only the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, can decide his future, reports Completesports.com.
Chelle signed a two-year contract with the NFF in January 2025.
The 48-year-old was handed a target of getting the Super Eagles to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Nigeria however fell short, losing 4-2 on penalties to hosts Atlas Lions of Morocco in the semi-final in Rabat on Wednesday night.
Chelle expressed his desire to continue leading the team.
“My future, I don’t know for now. I am the coach of Nigeria at this moment, but it depends on whether the NFF want me to continue or not,” he said after the game with Morocco.
“The tournament is not over yet. After the AFCON, I will meet with the NFF and we will decide the next step.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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May almighty God help my country Nigeria in this year
It is a no brainer! Chelle should be retained but he needs to upgrade his knowledge and be more flexible.
No doubt I observed improvements in the weakest link in the team (midfield) but we still get exposed against compact and tight oppositions. In the match against Morocco, highly technical and skillful players could get things done.. Hat off to Nwabali, Ajayi, Bassey, and Bruno. These guys didn’t crumble under pressure, they played with composure. I observed whenever they pass the ball to the other guys beside or infront of them, we got exposed. Imagine an Okocha in this team… The team missed Aina and needs highly tactical and technical.midfielders that hardly loses the ball under pressure.
If we get these highly technical and tactical players, will ONIGBESE NFF pay their bonuses?
They set a final target for a coach they are owing? Hahaha, I dey laugh ooo!
When Chelle says NFF will decide his future, he’s saying his future depends on the settlement of all owed salaries. Of course he will leave if AZA MEN continue to whine him, and he will sue them and still get his money.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul. What NFF are doing reminds me of that saying.
By stealing funds, NFF are robbing coaches, players and Nigeria as a whole. But they are also robbing themselves.
Yes, they rob themselves to pay themselves!
With proper investment and preparation, Nigeria could have qualified for the world cup ($40m participation fee) and won the ongoing Afcon ($10m winner’s prize).
That’s $50m. They could have reinvested half of that in our football and shared the rest. NOBODY WOULD COMPLAIN, BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL BE EXCITED ABOUT THE SUCCESS.
So countries like Morocco that invest heavily in their football, na dem mumu pass, abi? They too could have been sharing money among themselves. But if they did that, Morocco will not be where they are today. See their stadia! Arguably better than even the Premier league stadia.
By insisting on sharing kobo kobo that was coming in, NFF have now missed out on millions of dollars. Talk about penny wise, pound foolish! By paying themselves from stolen funds, they ended up robbing our coaches, players, Nigeria as a whole and themselves.