Kenneth Omeruo explains why NFF must announce new national team coach

Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo has encouraged the Nigerian Football Federation to fill up the vacant national team coaching role.

The Super Eagles have been without a coach since Jose Peseiro resigned after the African Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire in March.

Speaking in an interview on African Football, he hopes the issues surrounding the team will be resolved as quickly as possible.

“We started the World Cup qualifiers poorly, and that’s on us as players, but I do believe we have the quality to qualify for the World Cup.

“But we need to sort out the issue of head coach real quickly because June is just around the corner.”

Finidi George handled the team temporarily as they prosecuted two friendly matches in March. Nigeria defeated Ghana 2-1 and then lost 0-2 to the Eagles of Mali and Omeruo believes the Enyimba of Aba coach did well.

He added: “I don’t know about everyone, but for me and a few others, he (George) did well. He was short-staffed.

"Only one coach working as an analyst, training without an assistant.

“I like that he kept the same system we used at the AFCON. But against Mali, I would have played everyone, give everyone a chance to play, and maybe things would have turned out differently, and he would be a strong contender for the job.”

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers return in June, with the Super Eagles billed to take on South Africa and Benin.