Foreign Pros
Super Eagles coach presents 19-point proposal to NFF
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has submitted a 19-point proposal to the NFF, which will include a monthly salary of $130,000 to cover he and his hand-picked assistants as well as there should be no interference in his call-up of players to the Super Eagles and team selection.
He is currently on a monthly salary of $50,000 from which he also pays his assistants.
According to journalist Shina Oludare, the proposal was submitted to the NFF on January 22, 2026.
Oludare has posted the proposal on X today.
Here it is unedited –
1. Private car (SUV) with a chauffeur and security.
2. House in a well secured environment with 24hrs uninterrupted power supply (electricity).
3. Furnished office with projector for analysis.
4. Internet provision.
5. Flight tickets for wife and two children (Eric and wife Business class) children economy.
6. GPS provision.
7. Supply of proper equipment in accordance to the coach’s demand.
8. Based on opponents, the coach has the right of choice regarding int’l friendly matches.
9. Camping programs.
10. The coach will initiate programs for youth development.
11. Provision for the coach to travel, watch, monitor and engage players of the national teams abroad.
12. Provision for the coach to travel to watch the local league to identify potential players that will be integrated in to senior national team, A U23, U20 and U17.
13. No Interference in team selection and players call up.
14. The NFF has to issue a working contract for my staffs.
15. Salary needs to be paid on or before 30th of every month.
16. Bonus and allowance as per federation structure.
17. Request to include my PA in the bonus and allowance structure.
18. Proposed salary of $130,000.00 (One hundred and thirty thousand dollars) monthly. The amount included all my technical staffs and PA.
19. Monthly meeting with all the national team coaches.
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Foreign Pros
Ademola Lookman winning and smiling to the bank
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.
The post Ademola Lookman winning and smiling to the bank first appeared on Score Nigeria.
Foreign Pros
Chrisantus Uche flies Nigeria’s flag in UEFA Conference League semis
There will be Nigerian interest in the semifinals of the UEFA Conference League after Crystal Palace made it to the last four.
Super Eagles star Chrisantus Uche features for Palace.
Palace will be guests of Shakhtar Donetsk in the semifinal first leg on April 30, while the return leg will be in London a week later.
Ademola Lookman carries Nigerian interest in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League after he helped Atletico Madrid go past Barcelona to the last four of the competition, while Ola Aina will be representing Nigeria playing for Nottingham Forest in the semifinals of the UEFA Europa League.
The post Chrisantus Uche flies Nigeria’s flag in UEFA Conference League semis first appeared on Score Nigeria.
Foreign Pros
Nwaiwu ranked in Super Lig Top 5
The ratings of Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu have continued to soar after he was ranked among the best five U23 players in the Turkish Super Lig.
This is according to CIES, one of Europe’s leading football research institutions.
Nwaiwu, the 22-year-old central defender who joined Trabzonspor just three months ago , secured second place with 78.8 points in the rankings.
Nwaiwu’s strongest attribute was highlighted as his “Playmaking from the Back.”
He was one of three Trabzonspor players who made the Top 5.
The post Nwaiwu ranked in Super Lig Top 5 first appeared on Score Nigeria.
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