Appointing a kindergarten coach to manage world-class players is unfortunate – Gara Gombe slams NFF for appointing Eric Chelle as Super Eagles coach

Former chairman of Gombe FA, Gara Gombe, has branded the newly appointed Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, as a ‘kindergarten coach,’  saying the Football Federation erred in appointing a lightweight coach to handle heavyweight players.

Chelle was named Super Eagles coach on Tuesday night, January 7 after the decision was endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee following a recommendation by its Technical and Development Sub-Committee.

The 47-year-old is a former international player with five caps for the Aiglons of Mali. His coaching résumé includes stints at at GS Consolat, FC Martigues, Boulogne, and MC Oran.

Who is Chelle? Who knows him? What was his antecedent? Nothing. For goodness sake, all this waiting since AFCON in Ivory Coast, we cannot get a coach. “ Gombe told Brila FM

 

“And we ended up now, after all these years, appointing a kindergarten coach to manage the world-class players that we have. It is really unfortunate”