Bosso Denies Allegations of Demanding Money from Players for National Team Selection

Ladan Bosso, who led Nigeria’s U-20 nationwide staff within the just lately concluded FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Argentina, has strongly denied allegations that he demanded cash from gamers with a purpose to embody them within the squad for the competitors.

Claims had emerged suggesting that gamers who had been extra deserving had been dropped from the staff as a result of they might not afford the alleged monetary requests made by the teaching employees.

This situation of coaches allegedly looking for gratification in participant choice has not been restricted to Bosso alone. Nduka Ugbade, coach of the Golden Eaglets, and Salisu Yusuf, coach of the nationwide U-23 staff, have additionally confronted comparable accusations in relation to their respective squads. Ugbade allegedly dropped gamers who had been unable to pay for inclusion, whereas Yusuf confronted comparable claims following the failure of each the home-based Eagles and the U-23 staff to qualify for the African Nations Championship and the African U-23 Nations Cup, respectively.

Though Nigeria’s Flying Eagles suffered a defeat within the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup towards South Korea, Bosso, who’s presently looking for re-election as president of the Nigeria Soccer Coaches Affiliation, has vehemently denied any involvement within the alleged monetary impropriety. Throughout a radio program in Lagos, he emphasised that he doesn’t compromise his job and that nobody can declare to have supplied him with any advantages to safe a spot in his staff. Bosso known as for elevated assist from the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) to make sure coaches have the mandatory assets and keep away from conditions the place they’re pressured to pick out gamers who shouldn’t be included of their squads.

There are rumors circulating that Bosso is being thought of as a possible alternative for Salisu Yusuf because the coach of the U-23 nationwide staff, which didn’t safe a spot within the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. The event determines Africa’s representatives for the soccer occasion on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris. Nevertheless, these stories stay unconfirmed right now.

Bosso highlighted the achievements of his staff, noting that they defeated Italy, a feat no different Nigerian staff had achieved earlier than, and in addition secured a victory towards Argentina on their house floor for the primary time. Regardless of Nigeria’s current underwhelming performances in worldwide competitions, Bosso emphasised the necessity for complete assist from the NFF to allow coaches to satisfy their roles successfully and choose probably the most deserving gamers for nationwide groups.

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