Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and former coach of the Super Eagles, Shuaibu Amodu, has been empowered to oversee invitation of players into the Super Eagles for international assignments.
According to football website, goal.com, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, who made the decision, said the team’s coach, Stephen Keshi, “will no longer make autonomous decision as it concerns selection of players for Super Eagles’ international games”.
It was gathered that Keshi was queried by the NFF after the game against Chad in Kaduna last weekend for allowing a non-league player, Gabriel Okechukwu, make the team and, worse, wear the No. 10 jersey.
According to Pinnick, technical director Amodu Shuiabu will supervise national team call-ups as the ‘big boss’ is also likely to work with the technical study group headed by ex-international Austin Okocha.
“Keshi will still have his input. The only people who are not really working well now is the technical study group, because it is a process. He doesn’t have the liberty anymore to say he wants to bring in players from places.
“We must look at all the players [Keshi invites] and it must go through the technical department and Amodu [Shuaibu] will certainly make a comment. Like I said [to Amodu], if anything happens we are not going to hold Keshi responsible but him because [he is] a part of it.”
After kicking off their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Chad, the Super Eagles face Tanzania in their next game.
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