I will invest all my emotions, passion and resources into this Under 20 and Under 17 teams and hope for the best.
It is looking like Nigeria is again on the verge of producing two of the best youth teams ever. Gusau has started well with the setting up of the youth football task force and the chairman of the committee, Aminu Balele has not stopped dazzling the boys with cash and kind.
This teams, if properly nurtured and guided will become the bedrock of Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup squad. Methinks, it is high time we make our National team competitive again. It is high time people beg to wear the jersey.
These boys are hungry for fame and that is what we need in our football. We cannot continue to rely on Ahmed Musa, Kenneth Omeruo, Ekong and the rest for success.
All Gusau needs to do is to assure Ladan Bosso that if he can take this team as far as the Semi finals of the Under 20 Workd Cup, then he has the Super Eagles job to himself in 2024.
Let’s wait and see these generation of Super Eagles wobble and fumble at the 2023 Nations Cup in Cote D’Ivoire. Let’s be prepared to say goodbye to Peseiro after the expected disaster in Abidjan and then together, we can wear our thinking caps and plan.
The future of football is in the youth. Apart from Alex Iwobi and a few other players born abroad who are currently playing with their real ages, the rest like Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa have not been fair to Nigeria.
Drop Victor Osimhen and a few others like Ademola Lookman into the present Flying Eagles team and sit back to hope for the best.
Like I said earlier, we must invite the spirit of competition back to this team if we truly want our Super Eagles back. To achieve this, we must believe in our local coaches like Laddan Bosso and encourage them in Cash and Kind to succeed.
