Super Eagles coach defends demand for huge pay rise

Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has put up a stout defense of his demand for a hefty pay rise of $130,000.

The pay rise from $50,000 to $130,000 has caused an outrage in Nigeria, but the coach has attempted a defense.

He argued that the pay rise will cover all his support staff, who help him to withstand the pressure of leading the national team of a country of over 250 million people, as well that this amount is also negotiable.

“What people don’t know, is that in Africa, I, in the national team where I was, I have to pay my staff. My technical staff” he said in Histores de Foot Podcast.

“So, in the 130,000 dollars offered, potentially, if, of course, those numbers are confirmed, you have to pay your staff with all that behind? Yes, we are five.

“So, I’m talking to you about my assistant, my first assistant, I’m talking to you about my physical trainer, my goalkeeper coach, and my personal assistant.

“You know, players today, they create a structure around them, where they have their personal physical coach, their personal coach, and sometimes they have a mental coach.

“So, me, to manage the pressure, because there are times when the pressure is strong, when there is a coach of a nation of 250 million inhabitants, I mean, twice as much as France, maybe even more, quadruple, because France is 65 million.

“So, 250 million, there is pressure. There is pressure, and sometimes I can’t manage the pressure alone. So, I put a structure in place around me that will allow me to manage this pressure. So, all these people, well, you have to pay them.

“And above all, the most important point, well, it’s not my job, I’m a coach, but when you negotiate a contract, do you go as high as possible or as low as possible?

“So, today, it’s a negotiation. We’re getting there.”

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