Former Super Eagles players, Sunday Oliseh and Mutiu Adepoju have backed indigenous coaches like Emmanuel Amuneke and Finidi George to head the Super Eagles.

 

The former Super Eagles coach said: “Everyone knows I’m an advocate of an indigenous coach to lead the Eagles, those two (Amuneke and Finidi) are good for the job.

 

“Anybody who really understands football will know that the Eagles don’t need a foreign coach, but the indigenous coach must have a great personality.

 

“I’m against foreign coach for our national team. It was a local coach that won the AFCON for Ivory Coast and the previous one for Senegal.”

 

In the same vein Adepoju said George deserved to be named substantive head coach of the Super Eagles.

 

The 53-year-old took charge of the Super Eagles recent friendlies against Ghana and Mali.

 

Adepoju is keen on to see his former teammate continue on the job.

 

“With only two games under his (Finidi’s) belt, his record of one win and one loss is not bad at all,” Mutiu told Flashscore.

 

“He has a lot of room for improvement. I firmly believe that these Super Eagles will prosper under his leadership if he gets the job.

 

“It would be a serious mistake to judge Finidi solely on our defeat against Mali. When José Peseiro was the coach of the Super Eagles, did he win every game? Finidi deserves our trust so that he can cultivate the confidence necessary to build on our current base.

 

Credit: thenationonlineng.net