The former head coach of South Africa’s national football team, Bafana Bafana, Pitso Mosimane, has revealed his eagerness to take on the managerial role for the senior national team of Nigeria, Super Eagles if Jose Peseiro doesn’t continue in his job.
Mosimane is currently unattached after leaving his role as coach of Al Wahda in November. He spent four months at the UAE club and since his exit there has been talks about other teams targeting his services like Kaizer Chiefs and Hearts of Oak of Ghana.
The former Al Ahly coach is however not in a hurry to pick his next destination, which could possibly be Nigeria, if he is approached by the authority concerned to handle the team, who are gearing up for the challenge of playing in the Africa Cup of Nations next year.
Speaking on the coaching job, he said; “So, the job of the coach is to bring confidence, stability, leadership, winning mentality and teamwork within the group.”
He however admitted that, there will be a huge challenge in him coaching the Nigerian team due to the fact that most of the coaches that have led the team are not Africans. Hence he doubts that he will be considered.
He added; “The Nigeria job is one I would consider, but it would also depend on whether they want the team to be led by an African? Because the only African coach they had was Stephen Keshi”.
“That is also a challenge because there have been a lot of white people on the job; whether we believe in our African coaches like Morocco, Senegal, Algeria and Egypt remains to be seen.
“I envy all those African coaches who were entrusted with the job and maybe take the level higher. But I don’t want to talk too much about the Nigerian job links because there is still a coach there and it’s important that I respect that.”
“They have a lot of talent; the likes of Samuel Chukwueze, the Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
But talent alone is not enough because if it was only about talent, they would have beaten Lesotho 7-0, but they drew with them. And pound for pound they would have also beaten Zimbabwe,” He was quoted as saying by KickOff.
| OwnGoalNigeria.com
