The Nigeria Football
Federation officials have stated that they are not expecting any letter of
resignation from the national U23 coach, Samson Siasia, as his contract ended
with the Rio Olympics. A member of the federation who spoke with Punch on Sunday said
the former Super Eagles striker was free to move on.
Siasia who also spoke with Punch newspaper on
Sunday corroborated the NFF statement of his contract having ended but demanded
that his outstanding salary be paid him.
Siasia said, “This is not really resignation;
my contract was arranged to end with the Olympics. And so the contract has ended.
“What is very important
is that I get every kobo that I am owed. I need the money now than ever and I
believe I have really endured and I have been cooperative.”
The coach who just won the Olympic bronze in
Rio this month did not however completely deny the resignation story that made
the headlines by the weekend.
“I spoke with a reporter but I guess the one
who are referring to was extracted from the interview I granted somebody else.
What I was asked was my entire story at the Olympics and this included Atlanta
camping.
“Of course a lot of things happened that I
can’t be really happy about especially the way the team was portrayed. But that
is over as my contract has also actually ended. What is left now is my cash and
that is very, very important,” he said.
Siasia and his friends are hoping that the FA
should be able to sort out his bills quickly as they have been able to appoint
a new coach from Germany for the Eagles.
An official of the federation who spoke to our
correspondent said they treated the coach and his players as best as they could
under the situation they found themselves.
“But if you are asking about getting any
letter, we have not received any and we don’t expect any. The usual deal is
with the All Africa Games and then running through the Olympics and that is
what he has completed. There is no immediate U23 competition and so he couldn’t
have continued,” he said.
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