Former Nigeria international midfielder Seyi Olofinjana was offered the chance to be a part of the coaching crew of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of the crucial world cup playoff against Ghana, OGN understands.
Olofinjana who worked with English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers as Loans Pathway Manager. A job which entails monitoring and also submitting reports of the players out on loan from the club.
In April 2021, he quit the role for the job of the Sporting Director of Switzerland side Grasshoppers, he resigned from the role in June 2022. During his time at the Swiss side he was offered the job of working with the senior national team of Nigeria but he turned it down.
The job was to see him help then interim coach Austine Eguavoen in the world cup playoff against Ghana, a game which Nigeria lost on away goal rule after a 0-0 draw in Ghana was followed by a 1-1 draw in Abuja and it led to missing out on a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Reacting to a story on Apex media, a former chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said it’s true that the former Stoke City, Hull City and Wolves player rejected the job to assist Eguavoen as head coach for the play off.
” Olofinjana was the top choice ahead of Emmanuel Amuneke but it wasn’t to be as he turned it down. That’s the second time he has turned down the chance to be a part of the set up in recent time. Maybe he will in the future but for now he doesn’t seem interested in working here”, he told OGN.
