Embattled Super Eagles coach, Finidi George, has said that one of the reasons he resigned as head coach of the Nigeria senior football team has to do with the fact that some players proved too big to be controlled.
He was quoted as saying that it was becoming impossible for him to sanction some players who belong to some “big men.”
Finidi George also complained of not getting much support from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
Speaking when he, along with NFF chieftains, met with Sports Minister, John Enoh, in Abuja to review the Super Eagles’ tottering 2026 World Cup campaign after they held South Africa to a 1-1 draw in Uyo before they were shocked by lowly Benin 2-1 in Abidjan, Finidi complained about the poster boy of Nigerian footballer, Victor Osimhen.
According to him, Osinmhen is one of the country’s top stars who are not fully committed to the Super Eagles.
He complained that Osimhen was not available for the two all-important World Cup qualifiers with an official explanation that he was injured and sidelined for four weeks.
Finidi said that the Napoli striker could still have managed to play these matches.
“The embattled coach said that Osimhen is in the habit of choosing the games he would play for Nigeria and that he (Finidi) cannot beg him to play for his country.
The former Enyimba coach bemoaned the complete breakdown of discipline in the team and was totally disappointed with how the players strolled into training camp for the crucial World Cup qualifiers.
He said that many of these players had the backing of some powerful NFF Board members and that it became increasingly difficult to sanction them because he would often be warned that a player “belonged” to a certain “big man.”
Meanwhile, NFF had since began scouting for a foreign technical adviser to supervise the remaining qualifying matches of the Super Eagles.
