Chelle was named Super Eagles coach on Tuesday night, January 7 after the decision was endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee following a recommendation by its Technical and Development Sub-Committee.
Former chairman of Gombe FA, Gara Gombe, has slammed that Nigerian Football Federation for appointing Eric Chelle as Super Eagles coach.
He labeled Chelle, as a ‘kindergarten coach.'
Chelle was named Super Eagles coach on Tuesday night, January 7 after the decision was endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee following a recommendation by its Technical and Development Sub-Committee.
The 47-year-old is a former international player with five caps for the Aiglons of Mali. His coaching résumé includes stints at at GS Consolat, FC Martigues, Boulogne, and MC Oran.
:Who is Chelle? Who knows him? What was his antecedent? Nothing. For goodness sake, all this waiting since AFCON in Ivory Coast, we cannot get a coach.“ Gombe told Brila FM
“And we ended up now, after all these years, appointing a kindergarten coach to manage the world-class players that we have. It is really unfortunate”