SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, (THEWILL) – Former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi, says former Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Oliseh and former winger, Emmanuel Amunike, are better than the present Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr.
Amokachi, who is fondly called “The Bull” disclosed this when he appeared on Brila FM as he lambasted the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for adding a huge $2m as compensation clause in Gernot Rohr’s contract.
He said: “For the administration to bring somebody like Oliseh and not giving him time because he’s Nigerian and they let go.
“To bring in somebody like Amuneke and not giving him time then they let him go. Then you bring a new coach where those two coaches are far better than him; pedigree-wise and portfolio-wise.
“But still, they gave the mercenary a lot of money, $60,000 plus with all the bonuses, if they play two matches in a month, then you’re talking of over $100,000.
“And then at the end of the day, you put a $2m clause on a coach that has never won anything. A coach that came from Burkina Faso to Tunisia then to Nigeria and you put a $2m clause, that’s the first time I’m hearing such.
“If you were bringing Guardiola, you can put $10m if he says he wants it because you know who he is; he has won laurels. But for a coach that has not done anything, not achieved anything and you put a $2m clause? There’s a lot of failure in that.
“I’ll not rate them (NFF) out of 10, but all these things I’ve broken down will tell anybody with common sense where I’m coming from.”
THEWILL writes that Rohr, who took charge of the three-time African champions in 2016, signed a new contract early this year.
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