How toxic tongues traded tantrum on Twitter
A section of Nigerians criticize the Nigeria Football Federation over the appointment of Portuguese Jose Peseiro as the head coach of the Super Eagles.
Five months after the sacking of Gernot Rohr, NFF announced on Sunday the appointment of Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms with the gaffer.
The appointment of the Portuguese has not gone down well with some stakeholders, with 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Edema Fuludu, and former England player of Nigerian descent, John Fashanu, the first to question the credentials of the 62-year-old coach.
Some Nigerians have taken to social media to hit out at the NFF over their choice of gaffer.
Stev_alpacino wrote on Twitter, “For a man that is always fired within two years in most of his jobs, wonder why NFF keeps going for low budget ‘foreign coaches’. Go all out for a good one if you want a foreign coach and not all these ones that we know not. (Sunday) Oliseh, (Samson) Siasia are better than all these ones.”
Another Twitter user with the name Bego wrote, “Never heard of this coach in my life, never heard of Rohr too till he came to Nigeria. We literally import everything in this country.”
Teejay Danielka added, “Rubbish, why didn’t you appoint him immediately after coach (Austin) Eguavoen failed at the nations cup, by now qualifying for the World Cup would have been guaranteed. Politic is destroying football in Nigeria and Africa, please don’t ask why.”
Jose Peseiro is expected to join the team in the US for the Mexico and Ecuador friendly games.
