An explanation on how the duo of Ladan Bosso and Fatai Amoo were handed the roles of Nigeria U17 and U20 team has been revealed to Owngoalnigeria.com.
As exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com a month ago, the coaches were earlier today confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with the job of bettering the achievement of their predecessors.
Explaining the choice of the coaches to Owngoalnigeria.com, a chieftain of the NFF said they were appointed as head coaches for several reasons but with competence the watch word.
“ Amoo is an experienced coach who will act as a fatherly figure to the players and also his assistants. So it’s like the method of Yemi Tella of blessed memory. An experienced and elderly coach with young coaches as his assistants. Tella had Manu Garba and Ben Iroha as assistants.
“ The U17 set up has Ahmed Dankoli, the head coach of Football Academy Abuja who has produced over 50 players in Europe. Then Nnamdi Onuigbo owns an academy, a grassroot coach to the core. So they will be the foot soldiers. Amoo job is to harmonize”.
On the appointment of Bosso, he explained that many are playing down the success Bosso had with the past U20 team he handled and he is one coach that can’t be intimated or influenced.
“ One of the problem of youth team coaches is outside influence. That can’t happen with Bosso. Look at his past U20 team the likes of Obiorah Nwankwo, Nosa Igiebor, Gbolahan Salami, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Efe Ambrose, Brown Ideye, Aminu Umar, Azubuike Okechukwu and Elderson Echiéjilé were all given their career breakthrough by Bosso.
“ All the coaches need is support and as a board we will give them the platform to excel in their various assignments”, he concluded.