FC Ebedei President, Barrister Churchill has declared that Nigerian clubs do not have structure and do not meet up with the global standards for club management.
FC Ebedei is one of the leading football academies in Nigeria and have produced Super Eagles stars in Obafemi Martins and recently have produced Paul Onuachu and Frank Onyeka.
Barrister Oliseh while having chat with journalists including Sport247 Nigeria said Nigerian clubs have a long way to go.
“Nigeria teams lack proper structure. We can’t meet up with the global standard with the way football clubs are managed in Nigeria. In Europe, not all teams are fighting to win trophies and they are making money. The reverse is the case in Nigeria as the focus of most teams is to win the league. When you now look at the amount given the league winners in Nigeria, it’s far below their expenditure in a season. So, where is the return on Investment here.? What’s now the gain.? Until this is done, clubs will continue to be having challenges.”
The former Goalkeeper cum administrator further added that: “many clubs in Nigeria does not have a framework or purpose of their establishment and this is why only the clubs owned and financed by the government thrive and are able to sustain the tempo.”
Oliseh who is the elder brother of former Super Eagles captain and coach, Sunday Oliseh noted that the Nigeria Football Federation has not done anything to develop football in the country.
“The Nigeria football governing body has been treating symptoms of the ailment and not the ailment itself. These problems will perpetually remain at apogee until the NFF takes a holistic look at them, identify these problems and approach them with corresponding solutions.”
“You cannot continue to do the same thing the same way and expect a different result. This is why there hasn’t been concrete development in our football sector and why we struggle to raise a formidable team for the Nation.” He cried out.
FC Ebedei a club in the NLO is based in Ogun state and have produced lots of Nigerian footballers through their partnership with Danish clubside Midtyland FC.
