Former Nigeria international, Daniel Amokachi has reiterated his call for local players to make up the national football team, the Super Eagles, IgbereTV reports
Amokachi, who won the Nations Cup as a player in 1994, stated that he was a product of the local league and lamented Nigeria’s dependence on abroad-based players.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) sacked long-serving coach, Gernot Rohr, last year before bringing on Austin Eguavoen to lead the Super Eagles to the Nations Cup in Cameroon, where Nigeria exited in the second round.
Eguavoen went on to lead the team through the final phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, where Nigeria were beaten to the ticket by the Black Stars of Ghana.
The coach stepped down after failure to clinch World Cup ticket and the football federation is already in search of his replacement.
Speaking with the BBC, Amokachi said the problem of Nigerian football was not coaching
