Former Nigerian worldwide Julius Aghahowa believes the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) received’t have the ability to afford Herve Renard’s wage after he demanded to be paid $125,000 a month to take over as the brand new head coach of the Tremendous Eagles.
Recall that the Eagles are nonetheless and not using a head coach after Finidi George resigned from the position in June.
Up to now, Renard has led Zambia and Ivory Coast to the Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2012 and 2015, respectively.
He additionally coached Morocco on the 2018 World Cup.
Nonetheless, in a chat with Brila FM, Aghahowa acknowledged that the NFF can’t afford his price ticket.
He additionally suggested the soccer home to look inward and appoint native coach to handle the Tremendous Eagles.
“The coach (Herve Renard) is an excellent coach, he has expertise; relating to African soccer and even world soccer, we have now to be practical. Can we afford him with the worth tag?” Aghahowa instructed Brila FM.
“Even when the previous coach was dealing with the staff and he was incomes about $50,000 to 70,000, it was troublesome for us to pay him. We had been owing him for months, and now we’re speaking about nearly double of that quantity, the place are we going to get the cash from?”
“We would not pay them as a lot because the international coaches, however pay them properly, give them sufficient time to construct the staff, and I’ve confidence in our native coaches.”