Despite the public endorsement by former NFF president Amaju Pinnick, Finidi George is out of the reckoning for the head coach of the Super Eagles.
The odds are heavily stacked against the Enyimba coach.
A top official told SCORENigeria that besides not processing the requisite coaching badges, Finidi did not pass his audition after he was handed temporary charge for the friendlies against Ghana and Mali in Morocco last month.
“He does not have UEFA Pro license, what he has is UEFA A license,” the official began.
“His man-management during the matches in Morocco left a lot to be desired after he fell out with several of the players.
“He was also found wanting as per his decisions particularly the game against Mali when he made only two substitutions even with so many players on the bench, who did not play against Ghana.”
It will be recalled that several state FA chairmen carpeted Finidi as Eagles substantive coach after the friendlies in Morocco, where the Super Eagles beat Ghana 2-1 before they lost 2-0 to Mali.
The NFF technical committee shortlisted the former Ajax winger, who assisted Jose Peseiro at the recent 2023 AFCON, for further consideration by the Executive Committee.
The committee will meet again Tuesday in Abuja to deliberate on the appointment of a new coach for the Super Eagles.
Why all these unnecessary delay by our Hugely incompetent Nff and his clueless technical committee! Amuneke is the for now the best to go with. Forget everything else against Amuneke he is the best he should be assisted by finidi if not better let amuneke choose his own back up assistant who will be loyal to him… foreign coach now is a big risk because of short time before the world Cup qualification games..
No to Finidi or any Nigerian coach. NFF should quickly hire a good foreign coach for the super Eagles. Nigerian coaches bring troubles, disunity and disagreement amongst the players always. NFF please Hurry and appoint a foreign gaffer immediately.
Is there any coach in this world that is good enough. Nigeria is one of the most toxic countries to caoch a national team. Who ever they appoint after one or two games they will say he is clueless. Be it Findi or Jose Mourinho himself