NFF appoints new coach for Super Eagles

– Amodu Shaibu has been drafted to take over the Super Eagles coaching job

– He will lead a team of five to prosecute two friendly games in May

Former Super Eagles handler Shuaibu Amodu has been appointed the new interim coach of the national team, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical sub-committee has announced.

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The new coaching crew which include Salisu Ibrahim, Alloy Agu, Imama Amakapabo and Kennedy Boboye will prepare the team for the two international friendly games against Mali and Luxembourg.

Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amuneke who were in charge before now have returned to their categories as Dream Team VI and national U-20 coaches respectively, but Alloy Agu remains the goalkeeper trainer.

“Part of the recommendations we gave to the executive committee of the federation is that Amodu will supervise the technical crew to be headed by the Salisu,” a source told Leadership.

“We also recommended the drafting of two league coaches into the crew and we went for Rangers and Abia Warriors chief coaches, just as we settled for Agu as the goalkeeper trainer.

“We went for the two league coaches to expose them with those two matches. I know that Nigerians will ask why Siasia and Amunike did not continue with the team, but we all know that they are very much engaged and committed with their teams.

“Our plans and expectations will be to provide every help to Siasia to win the Olympic Games trophy. The appointment will be for the two friendly matches, after which we will continue with the hiring of a substantive coach for the team,” he added.

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Amodu’s first test will be in May when the Super Eagles take on the Eagles of Mali and the national team of Luxembourg in two international friendly matches in Europe in the next FIFA window

The three-time African champions take on Mali, ranked four places above them at 63, at the Stade Robert Diochon in Rouen, France on Friday, May 27, 2016.

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