SPORTS::akpborie demand top quality coach for super eagles

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Former Nigeria star Jonathan Akpoborie has told the Nigeria Football Federation to hire a big-name foreign coach, who boasts a good track record. Shuaibu Amodu has replaced Stephen Keshi as Eagles coach, but the NFF have announced they will soon appoint a foreign coach for the country’s team. “NFF must bring a foreign coach with class, a top quality coach, a big name and established coach who has knowledge of African Football and who is ready to develop the game in the country,” said Akpoborie, who is now a top TV pundit. “And not bring a mediocre coach who can’t even clean my shoe when we were playing, has no track record in the name of foreign coach. “We need a coach who the NFF and even the government people cannot push around.” He said he expects such a coach to bring in a better culture to the team and get young and talented players into the team. He said Eagles soared high under Clemens Westerhof and Jo Bonfrere because they brought Dutch football philosophy to the team and they stuck to it. “The coach must be one who has a culture. Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Spain have football culture and that’s why they play well,” he argued. “I also don’t agree with people who say Nigeria don’t have quality players. We have them in abundance home and abroad, they only need to be harnessed.”