Jay Jay Okocha
Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha deny criticising the appointment of Eric Chelle as new Super Eagles head coach; npflupdates.com reports.
It was speculated last week that Okocha criticized the appointment of Eric Chelle by the Nigeria Football Federation NFF.
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According to what was speculated, Okocha warned that the Super Eagles may not be able to win any trophy under the current NFF administration.
On the contrary, the former Bolton Wanderers captain, denied the speculations.
Speaking on Lagos Talks FM monitored in Lagos, Okocha said he didn’t grant any interview to anybody how much criticising the NFF on their appointment of a coach.
Okocha deny criticising Eric Chelle’s appointment
“I didn’t grant any interview. I don’t know why the person that wrote that story quoted me.
“We might have similar opinion to certain things but let it come from me,” he said, adding, I want to appeal to these people writing these falsehoods to desist from it. If you want to talk to me, you can call me,” Okocha was quoted by Vanguard Nigeria.
On his purported call for the sack of the Ibrahim Gusau led NFF Board, Okocha said,
“I have always been outspoken whenever I have something to say. I believe in what is just.
“Even if you know that things are wrong in the NFF, you cannot say they should dissolve the NFF Board, there is a process, they are elected.
“I am close to (Ibrahim) Gusau, Victor (Ikpeba), Garba (Lawal) and (Augustine) Eguavoen and being a football person, if I have anything to say, I’ll reach out and talk to them.
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“I don’t have to communicate to them through the press. If I talk to them and they don’t listen or don’t see value in what I’m saying, then I can go public,” he stressed.
