Oliseh considers quitting as Eagles plan boycott

Nifemi Daniel

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has expressed his desire to quit Nigeria coaching job following the dismal performance of the team at the African Nations championship in Rwanda.

The Eagles defeated Niger 4-I in their opening game, managed a 1-1 with Tunisia before losing 1-0 to Guinea to crash out of the competition.

Oliseh on Wednesday revealed that he is receiving pressure from friends and family to quit the job and focus on his health, stressing that he hope to meet and discuss with his family before taking his final decision.

Read also: Oliseh proud of Eagles despite crashing out of CHAN

Meanwhile, these are not the best times for Super Eagles players as the foreign based players have threatened to boycott Nigeria’s next match against Egypt in March.

The Eagles will battle Egypt in a double header in the 2017 Nations Cup qualifier billed for March but the precarious position the team finds itself makes the quest for the ticket more difficult.

“The players are very angry that their last match bonuses have not been paid since their last game against Swaziland on November 17, 2015 and have promised not to show up for subsequent matches, “an official of the team informed Ripples Nigeria.

It would be recalled that the CHAN Eagles who just crashed out of the African Nations Championship also lamented the non-payment of match bonus and camp allowance since December.

After beating Niger 4-1 in their opening game, the League Management Company (LMC), operators of the Nigeria Professional Football League handed a cash gift of $10 000 to the 23 players and officials in Kigali.

But the players debunked reports of receiving $2,000 match bonus, and claimed that since they resumed camp in Abuja in December, they are yet to be paid any money.

Oliseh also attributed the team’s elimination to lack of financial motivation which he lamented before the match against Guinea on Tuesday.

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