By Taofeek
Babalola
President of
the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has said that the
federation will not force home-based players on the Super Eagles head coach
Gernot Rohr.
Pinnick had
reportedly said in a recent interview that the federation would put a clause in
the coach’s new contract that would make it mandatory for him to include local
players in his team’s selection.
But the NFF
boss while clarifying his earlier statement on Fans zone, a radio sports
programme in Lagos, said the plan is to make the head coach fully part of the
federation’s football development plan.
“I have
never said that,” Pinnick insisted, adding that: “If you look at the model
Westerhof adopted, he goes out to watch the league matches, picks some of the
players and he mold them to world stars. Those are the gospel we are preaching
and that does not mean we want to impose players on him.
“But why
not, if he sees good players that can fit in the Super Eagles from the league I
don’t think there is any issue. We are not going to impose and we are not ready
to that. And the coach should be ready to take responsibility for anything
happen to the team too.”
The NFF boss
also hinted that the federation would open new contract talk with Rohr in
January and if the coach agree with the clauses in the new contract the deal
would be signed and made public.
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