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Inside story of why NFF picked Finidi George over Amuneke for Super Eagles job

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The appointment of Finidi George as the new head coach of the Super Eagles was a huge surprise in some quarters. Of course, it was apparent that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, was leaning towards an indigenous coach for the national team. It is almost a pendulum with these appointments.

When a local coach is not performing well with the Eagles, there will be calls for a foreigner. A yearning for a more tactically savvy handler. When the foreigner fails - like Jose Peseiro did - the argument flips. You begin to hear talk of us encouraging Nigerian coaches, how they know these players more than anyone else and of course, the chance of harvesting talents from the Nigerian Premier Football League, NPFL.

Adegbenro explained, 'If we wanted Peseiro's shadow looming over us in the shape of Finidi, why didn't we just keep the Portuguese? 'He wanted more money to stay. We couldn't afford it. 'However, my point is that, given a choice between Finidi and Amuneke, Finidi is way better.' It could also be that Amuneke did not have enough backers in the room where the decision was made.

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