Former Super Eagles player Segun Odegbamin has warned former Nigeria footballer and coach Samson Siasia to stay off of the Super Eagles Job.
The former Super Eagles star spoke in the wake of the Nigerian football federation’s search for a new coach to replace Finidi George.
Finidi George resigned from his position after just two games as the head coach of the Men’s senior National team.
George took charge of the games against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and Benin Republic with a result of 1-1 draw and 2-1 loss respectively.
Odegbamin said, “He was once acknowledged as FIFA’s coach of the year,” Odegbami stated in his weekly column according to the Vanguard.
“That was when he led Nigeria’s Under-20 to the finals of the World Youth Championship in 2005, the under-23 national team to the finals of the Olympics in 2008, and a third place at the Olympics in 2016.
“In 2019, Samson Siasia was suspended by FIFA for 5 years following unsubstantiated charges of corruption against him.
“Having served the suspension, he is now free to return to football. He may have been pencilled down as part of an interim consortium of coaches headed by the Director of the Technical Department of the NFF, Austin Eguavoen, to handle the Super Eagles should a foreign coach not be hired in the next week.
“That arrangement is laden with danger for Samson.
“Should the team fail to win, his name will be added to those of other ‘failed’ Nigerian coaches, and the door to a future as head of the Super Eagles will be slammed in his face,” Odegbami warned.
