Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has warned his nationwide teammates that Eric Chelle will likely be a really demanding coach, Soccernet.ng reviews.

The Nigeria Soccer Federation introduced Chelle as Tremendous Eagles coach initially of the 12 months, changing Augustine Eguavoen, who had been interim coach.

Chelle’s first job is to steer Nigeria towards Rwanda and Zimbabwe within the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers later this month. The Franco-Malian gaffer already launched his 23-man squad for the video games billed for later this month.

Usually, when nationwide crew coaches are employed, they attain out to the crew leaders to talk to them about their plans and search their assist.

Galatasaray hitman Osimhen has admitted that Chelle has already reached out to him. And whereas the 47-year-old tactician has assured him of a very good working relationship, he additionally calls for a excessive degree of dedication.

“I do know him (Chelle) from the earlier AFCON with the Malian crew. He’s a coach that likes to play and he actually likes to combat,” Osimhen stated on the Obi One Podcast.

“He’s going to be very demanding. He stated that he wants me and the senior gamers on the crew to work with him to realize superb issues for Nigeria.

“However he stated the one who doesn’t run or combat for each ball won’t play. He was clear with me. He stated he is usually a huge brother or an uncle to all people. However on the pitch it’s enterprise, if the youthful gamers see us operating loopy, they may do it additionally.”

“He stated, ‘I would scream at you guys, I would do quite a lot of stuff, however don’t take it to coronary heart.’ And I agree with him as a result of Nigeria is a bit nation with hundreds of thousands of gamers.

“If you happen to’re privileged to placed on the Tremendous Eagles jersey, you need to give all the pieces. We’ve gotten a coach that may be very demanding.”

Can Chelle succeed with the Tremendous Eagles?

Nigeria has one of the crucial proficient groups on the continent, however all that expertise is but to be transformed to silverware. The crew got here near profitable the Africa Cup of Nations final 12 months, however they have been stopped by hosts Ivory Coast.

Since then, it has been a rollercoaster. Chelle’s appointment is predicted to convey some calm and co-ordination into the Tremendous Eagles fold.

He confirmed a little bit of what he can do on the final AFCON, as he set them as much as play stunning soccer, albeit they have been knocked out within the quarterfinal.

He’ll look to convey that model of soccer to Nigeria and get their push for a spot on the 2026 AFCON again on monitor.