Daniel Amokachi, former Nigerian footballer and assistant coach of Super Eagles have said the country’s football system needs to be rebuilt.
He said the glory days of the Super Eagles will not return unless a major restoration is been done in the country’s football system.
Amokachi said this after he said no to the issue of which coach came after Gernot Rohr permanently.
According to The Punch, Amokachi mentioned some challenges that bedeviled the football system saying “Focusing too much on the coaching is like building a house from the roof downwards instead of starting with the right foundation and building upwards.”
“Do we have a solid developmental program for our young footballers, a proper long-term plan for our national teams, or develop a football identity for the game in our country?
“I am a product of the Nigerian league. But have we sorted all the issues around our domestic game, from players’ welfare to the lack of television rights and the chaos around the organization of local football?
“There are bigger issues that have long bedeviled the Nigerian game and until we fix them, we will just be moving in a circle.”
“A Nigerian or foreigner as the next coach is their (NFF’s) decision to make. But let’s not deviate by looking at a coaching solution from our bigger issues. We always react when we fail to qualify or perform at major tournaments because shortcuts will not get us results.
“Let’s sort all the fundamental issues of administrative problems – lack of planning and structure.’’
, our troubled domestic league, absence of a developmental youth program and retrain our youth coaches with modern methods – then we can start reaping the rewards.
“Anything away from tackling these problems and we will return here to complain again next year.”
Amokachi as a player, he scored 13 goals in 44 appearances for Nigeria and has had four stints as the Eagles’ assistant coach with the late Stephen Kechi from 2011 to 2015.
He also act as an assistant to former Eagles coaches Eguavoen (2005-2007), late Shaibu Amodu (2008-10), and Lars Lagerback (2010).
The former Ranchers Bees, Club Bruges, Everton, and Besiktas striker played the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and won Olympic gold with in 1996.
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