The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have concluded plans to do away with the service of Daniel Amokachi as assistant coach of the country’s senior national team, the Super Eagles.
Feelers from the Glass House in Abuja have it that a new assistant coach would be appointed for the returnee Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi whose contract is set to be renewed today by the board of the NFF.
Though the management of the football body has not officially made it public the fate of Amokachi who has been handling the Eagles in the last few months, indications are that a new man, Salisu Yusuf, who is the Technical Adviser of Elkanemi Warriors of Maiduguri and former coach of Enyimba FC and Kano Pillars is set to take over from Amokachi, who has been Keshi’s first assistant since November 2011.
The last duty of Amokachi with the Eagles was the international friendly game against South Africa at Nelspruit which ended 1-1 draw last month.
However, the new contract which Keshi is expected to sign today would afford him the opportunity of choosing for himself an assistant coach apart from the one that the NFF will appoint.
Yusuf assisted Samson Siasia at both the Flying Eagles and Super Eagles. He had also coached Lobi Stars, won the Nigerian league with Kano Pillars and the Federation Cup with Enyimba before he moved to Nasarawa United and currently with El Kanemi Warriors.