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Saintfiet rues missing out on Super Eagles Job, Fingers NFF Hierarchy in Scuppered Deal
The Gambia head Coach, Tom Saintfiet says he nonetheless regrets not getting the Tremendous Eagles seven years in the past, alleging tampering within the course of.
Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet alleged that former NFF President, Amaju Pinnick vetoed his potential appointment as Tremendous Eagles coach, though he had been really useful as selection candidate by the Technical Committee.
The NFF’s Technical Committee thought-about Tom Saintfiet and French coach Paul Le Guen as potential successors to Sunday Oliseh after he left in 2016.
Nonetheless, Le Guen declined the provide, so the NFF selected Gernot Rohr, who was not initially shortlisted for the place, in accordance with Saintfiet.
“Sure, in 2012 to start with, the minister of sports activities determined he needed an area coach, once I was already introduced as the brand new technical adviser chosen by the technical committee at the moment, which had (Austin) Okocha, Garba Lawal and Christopher Inexperienced.
“Once more in 2016, I used to be near the job, I used to be to get the job with the native coach Salisu Yusuf, however they selected Paul Le Guen for the job, however he refused it.
“I thought-about myself because the second or third selection, however it was Amaju Pinnick who didn’t observe the technical committee’s determination and went for Gernot Rohr, who was not shortlisted; it was a giant disappointment,” the Belgian remembers.
“Then I went to Bangladesh and obtained a profitable provide for a brief time period, however the ambition was all the time there to educate Nigeria and information them to a profitable AFCON, and likewise information them to World Cup success.”
The members of the Technical Committee at the moment, in accordance with the supply, dismissed Saintfeit’s claims.
He said that the Committee solely carried out a screening train for the coaches who utilized, and the result was submitted to the NFF.
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