Tremendous Eagles stand-in captain Kenneth Omeruo has acknowledged that the interim coach, Finidi George, has relationship with the gamers and has the expertise to steer the group, Soccernet.ng studies.
Finidi is without doubt one of the biggest gamers who has performed for the Tremendous Eagles, and he was fairly profitable in his enjoying days, profitable the UEFA Champions League, Nations Cup, Tremendous Cup, and Copa Del Rey.
After his illustrious enjoying profession, the 52-year-old went into administration and acquired the Enyimba job in 2021. A 12 months later, he was appointed as an assistant coach to Jose Peseiro, who was employed because the supervisor of the Tremendous Eagles in 2022.
Nevertheless, Peseiro left the job in February this 12 months on the expiration of his contract, and Finidi took over because the interim coach to see Nigeria via the pleasant video games in opposition to Ghana and Mali.
In his first sport as interim coach, Finidi led the Tremendous Eagles to a 2-1 victory over Ghana. However, in his second sport, Nigeria fell to a 2-0 loss to Mali.
Regardless of their loss, Omeruo, who featured and captained the group in opposition to Mali, believes Finidi has what it takes to steer the Tremendous Eagles.
“He(Finidi) has an excellent relationship with the gamers. He’s somebody we all know, we respect, and he has each expertise to steer us. I feel he’s managed the group very nicely,” Omeruo told Modo Victor.
The Nigeria Soccer Federation is but to disclose their man for the Tremendous Eagles job, however Finidi is without doubt one of the candidates. Nigeria’s subsequent sport is the essential 2026 World Cup qualifiers in June, and the NFF must produce a everlasting coach as quickly as potential.