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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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No less than a dozen foreign scouts have arrived in Abuja with the hope of discovering the next Zadok Yohanna or Elijah Odede at the Ikon Allah Mega Scouting Tournament, which kicks off tomorrow.
Zadok, AIK 18-year-old winger, is the new sensation in Sweden after he was discovered at last year’s Ikon Allah Tournament in Abuja, while another top discovery from this competition is Elijah Odede, who has made the big transfer to France from Sheriff of Moldova.
More than 30 teams from across Nigeria will feature in this year’s summer tournament with players in the age range of 16-19 eligible.
Tournament venue is the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja.
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Let the party begin, Frank Onyeka and Coventry City are back in the Premier League after 25 long years.
They needed a point to seal their promotion back to the top-tier and they did so tonight at Blackburn Rovers.
Super Eagles defender Ryan Alebiosu was flying for the Rovers and was even involved in his team’s opening goal soon after the restart.
But Coventry left it late until the 85th minute to salvage the result they needed to rubber stamp their return to the Premier League.
They now have 86 points from 43 matches to sit pretty at the top of the standings.
Onyeka started the game, he was involved in an injury scare early on, before he was booked and later replaced tonight.
Promotion to the Premier League will now confirm the midfielder’s permanent transfer to Coventry City from Brentford.
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Ademola Lookman is winning both on and off the pitch at Atletico Madrid.
On the pitch, he has scored six goals and made four assists since his transfer in January.
On Saturday, he will hope to win his first major piece of silverware when Atleti battle Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey final, while his new club are also in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with him firing the tie breaker against Barcelona.
Off the pitch, the Super Eagles star forward is the joint second highest earner at the La Liga club as he earns 240,385 euros a week gross, same as the Argentine Julian Alvarez.
This is about five times what he was on at Atalanta – 47,170 euros.
The highest earner is the veteran goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who takes home 400,577 euros every week.
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