Newly appointed NFF Technical Director, Tom Saintfeit
Any possible clash between the Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi and Tom
Saintfeit has been doused after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Monday night clarified the schedule of duty of the two coaches.
Belgian Saintfeit was last week appointed as the technical director of Nigeria by the board of the federation.
NFF Secretary General, Musa Amadu, insisted Monday night that Keshi
will not be submitting his programmes to Saintfeit for vetting, as the
Belgian is not the technical adviser to the national teams, contrary to
insinuations in some quarters.
According to Amadu, the only authority Keshi will continue to discuss
his programmes with for ratification is the technical committee, while
Saintfeit will be limited to formulating grassroots developmental
programmes for Nigerian football.
“Keshi is the Eagles coach and will not in anyway be reporting to
Saintfeit. There will not be any clash whatsoever because his programmes
will not pass through the technical director for approval. Saintfeit is
expected to resume in Nigeria as soon as possible and the target we
have for him is to develop grassroots football in the country. He will
not have anything with the Eagles,” Amadu insisted.
The federation scribe said that while Saintfent will keep a home in
Abuja, the Belgian will travel the length of the country by conducting
coaching clinics and assisting the clubs in their youth training.
“He (Saintfeit) is contacted to conduct clinics for our coaches and
work in grooming talents at the grassroots. His job is not on the medium
term which means that we should be able to assess his contributions to
our football development after many years,” Amadu said.
Saintfeit was once the former coach of Namibia and Kenya and will be
placed on monthly salary of $20,000 (about N3.2 million) in his new
capacity with Nigeria.
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