The newly appointed coach of the Nigeria U17 team Fatai Amoo has a little less than two months to prepare a team for the African U17 qualifiers, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Earlier today, Amoo was appointed as head coach of the Nigerian team by the Nigeria Football Association alongside three others with the aim of discovering the next set of stars for Nigeria football.
That they have to start in earner because per a mail sent to the NFF by CAF after a virtual meeting on the 17th of September, the Africa soccer governing body made it known that the U17 AFCON Qualifiers will begin on the 17th of October to run till the 31st of same month.
However some countries led by Nigeria are challenging the date for the tournament demanding for a shift as football is yet to return to most countries due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Their request has been forwarded to CAF for consideration but as they await a decision coaches of the team have around 22 days to get a team set for the tournament else risk been thrown out of the tournament.
