By James Agberebi:
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Amaju Pinnick has revealed how he and his board ran to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger when they were in search of a new coach for the Super Eagles.
Pinnick disclosed this during the launching of the short code *1945#, a campaign by the NFF ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup which was held in Lagos on Monday.
During his speech at the event, Pinnick also gave a chronology of how the Super Eagles secured the 2018 FIFA World Cup ticket, the politics that was played and how Gernot Rohr was finally appointed.
“It has been a tortious journey. Remember we did not qualify for the last two Nations Cup,” Pinnick began.
“And as head of the federation, we always want to take responsibility, we don’t want to apportion blame. We don’t want to tell the world that Chad pulled out last meeting, that a country, that won the AFCON back-to-back, are even more eager. After we decided that we were condemned to qualify for the World Cup.
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