Coach Jose Peseiro has responded after NFF Technical Committee chairman Shariff Ahlan blasted him for the poor performances of the Super Eagles in recent matches.
Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has fired back at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), urging them to pay him his allowances and stop telling him how to do his job.
Peseiro made the statement after the NFF Technical Committee, led by Shariff Ahlan, blasted the coach for his teams's poor performances in recent times, especially in the World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
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“Henceforth, if I remain in the technical committee, if he submits a professional list he would come and justify the list in front of the committee, explaining why he invited each player based on their statistics and club performance.
“From our side, we’ve said Peseiro can’t do the job, if you look at how he runs the affairs of the team it seems the Nigeria national team is bigger than him honestly.”
Pay my allowances - Peseiro replies to Ahlan.
In his response, Jose Peseiro told Ahlan to focus on more important matters -paying the coach's salary and not trying to dictate for the him.
“You’re busy to pay me my allowances but not busy to tell me what I will do," he replied
The former Real Madrid assistant manager and Sporting CP coach said he would defend his squad list for subsequent games.