Coach Finidi who is now on the verge of losing his job, said he has not received much support from his employers, the NFF, and he did not hesitate to fault the commitment of the players to the cause of the national team.
A source told SCORENigeria that Finidi used the poster-boy of Nigeria football Victor Osimhen to drive home his point that the country’s top stars are not fully committed to the Super Eagles.
Osimhen was not available for the two all-important World Cup qualifiers with an official explanation that he is injured and sidelined for four weeks.
“Finidi said the Napoli striker could still have managed to play these matches,” the source said.
“The coach will go on to say that it appears that Osimhen chooses the games he plays for Nigeria and he cannot beg him to play for his country.”
The former Enyimba coach also bemoaned the complete breakdown of discipline in the team, and was totally disappointed with how the players strolled into training camp for the crucial World Cup qualifiers.
He said many of these players have the backing of some powerful NFF Board members, and that it became increasingly difficult to sanction them because he would often be warned that a player “belonged” to a certain “big man”.
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