Ex-Nigerian international, Edema Fuludu has urged the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to offer fellow Super Eagles player, George Finidi, the senior national team job.
Jose Peseiro vacated the post after leading Nigeria to the final of the African Cup of Nations tournament in Côte d’Ivoire which the Eagles lost to the hosts 1-2
Fuludu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that with the Super Eagles’ 2-1 victory over the Black Stars of Ghana in a friendly match on Friday, Finidi has shown that he is the right man for the job.
According to him, the leadership of NFF should look within the shores of the country in the appointment of a new gaffer for the Eagles.
“Finidi is calm, composed and has coaching qualifications to handle the team perfectly.
“As far as am concerned he is not someone that can be easily influenced.
“He is capable of handling the players having understudied the former foreign coach Jose Peseiro,” he said.
The ex-international said he was very happy over the victory against the Ghanaian team by the Super Eagles.
He added that such victory would also improve the eagle’s team’s spirit and raise the world’s ranking.
“I have been saying it that employing an indigenous coach for Super Eagles will bring the best out of our national players because he will understand the team more than the foreigners”, he said.
NAN reports that Super Eagles interim head coach George Finidi has praised his players following the team’s victory against Black Stars at the Grand Stade de Marrakech on Friday night.
It was Nigeria’s first win over Ghana in 18 years.
The coach of the Black Stars Otto Addo, spoke highly of Finidi’s Super Eagles ahead of the game.
The Ghanaian coach had said he has taken his time to highlight Nigeria’s quality players on the wings and other players who could make a difference.
“They have really, really strong and experienced players, even though I guess not all of them are here. I think they have a very, very strong squad,” Addo said on the official webpage of the Ghana Football Association.