Indications are rife that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have concluded on sacking U-23s head coach Samson Siasia.
According to Complete Sports, a source at the headquarters of the NFF disclosed that the NFF’s senior management are upset over Siasia’s recent outburst in the media over the non-payment of salaries.
Siasia’s move has miffed the NFF top executives, who are already toying with the idea of restructuring the Super Eagles coaching crew, which would see Salisu Yussuf deployed as U-23 Eagles head coach with Fatai Amao and Ogunbote as his assistants.
Meanwhile, Siasia has been ordered to respond to the query issued to him to explaining why he should not be punished for his actions.
The NFF officials were said to be irritated on the grounds that Siasia and other national team coaches were given reasons why their salaries were being delayed and assured that their salaries will be sorted soon.
The football body’s cash flow has been hampered by the new rule which states that the country’s soccer governing body must run only one revenue account.
A source said: “Siasia is facing the sack except there is a divine intervention because the NFF is serious angry with him for going on air to spread the dirty linen in public.
“He is not the only coach we are owing. Amuneke and Salisu Abubakar too are still being owed and these people have not gone to the press to make such claims.
“We explained to them the cause of this problem and then appealed to the coaches to be patient only for Siasia to go to the press.”
It will be recalled that on Thursday, October 28, Siasia had said he should not be held responsible should Nigeria fail to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
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