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SALISU YUSUF: THE UNTOUCHABLE ! …Killing Nigeria Football Softly
Nigeria soccer has by no means had it as unhealthy as these current instances. That Nigerian soccer has been residing dangerously on the precipice, is an understatement. It has been washed down into the bottomless pit.
In a rustic the place mediocrity thrives, the realized and clever can be led by the dumb, however avenue good leaders, who’re fast to make the most of the unwillingness of the clever ones to take their future of their arms.
The nemesis of the lackadaisical attitudes of the stakeholders of Nigerian soccer is the porous state of Nigeria soccer. However the nemesis has a human face. Salisu Yusuf.
Salisu Yusuf, is a recurring decimal in Nigeria soccer. The 61 12 months previous soccer coach, is undoubtedly, essentially the most lucky soccer coach in Nigeria.
His unimpressive performances from his numerous appointments as U20, U23 and CHAN Eagles coach, in addition to, the Tremendous Eagles, is famous, to say, the least.
Shortly on the heels of his failure to qualify the CHAN Eagles for the 2023 African Nations Championship by shedding the ticket to Ghana, he has once more did not qualify the U23 staff for U23 AFCON, shedding woefully to Guinea, and naturally, lacking the chance to take our staff to the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games. It’s now within the Nigerian soccer historical past books that he led the well-known Kano Pillars FC of Kano to relegation, the primary time in over 20 years. Enugu Rangers, solely survived his badluck spell by the whiskers.
Salisu Yusuf, in response to sources, seemingly have a strangle-like maintain on Nigeria soccer and maybe, the NFF. He can do no fallacious. Regardless of holding the unenviable data as a colossal failure, but, he’s untouchable.
Even when he was caught and located responsible of amassing a $1,000 bribe, the NFF had been fast to take care of it as an inside matter to keep away from the wrath of FIFA. He solely received suspended for one 12 months. That, in fact, was a slap on the wrist. Not like Samson Siasia, the person who certified and gained Nigeria a bronze medal, on the nation’s final look on the Rio 2016 Olympic Video games, who’s going through a prolonged ban from FIFA, over a bribery case.
The nonchalance of the NFF on the Siasia’s bribery case, is one other pointer to the immortal standing of Salisu Yusuf, and sure, that every one animals are equal, however some are extra equal than others.
I need to imagine the current board of the NFF led by Ibrahim Musa Gusau, is completely different from the previous clueless management of the NFF.
Due to this fact, the NFF ought to look right into a litany of allegations of corrupt practices towards Salisu Yusuf. Let the NFF show to be brave and start by asking questions, how a participant within the ninth tier league of English soccer received invited to the U23 staff.
Who can save Nigeria soccer from the vice-like and strangulating grips of the UNTOUCHABLE Salisu Yusuf?
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