Former international Sam Sodje says it is important for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to appoint capable assistants for newly appointed Super Eagles head coach, Bruno Labbadia to make his reign a success.
The NFF announced Labbadia’s appointment on Tuesday morning.
The German will be managing in Africa for the first time and will also be making a dive into international football for the first time.
Sodje tasked the NFF to employ capable local coaches to support the 58-year-old.
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“The NFF should bring people that know what they are bringing to the table for this man,” Sodje told Brila FM.
“Make sure they are technically sound to be able to contribute to this man’s ideas.”
Labbadia is expected to take charge of the Super Eagles in the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda.
The three-time African champions will face Benin on September 7, before they travel to Rwanda three days later.
By Adeboye Amosu
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I think the suitable local assistants coach who can choose merit players who in form at their clubs and quality dual- nationality players , veteran coach Samsun Siasia can do this job , Siaia is known as a coach who choose quailty players with merit and in form , also he is known as a coach who has great tactical traits and aspects; also I think Sylvanus Okpala who has traits to read the matches so smartly then he can put plan (b) to change the matches then he can win them; also the other veteran coach who has goalkeeper’s training merit is Ike Shoronmu ; Okpala and Shoronmu have assited the passed veteran coach Stephen Kechi in 2013 when they have won with him AFCON. in South Africa; so I think thoes three coaches are now the suitable one who can assist the new Super Eagles Bruno Labbadia to take SE to the highs and new era…
The coach should be left to chose his own assistants to avoid blackmails and politics.