Newly appointed Nigeria’s Super Eagles assistant coach, Joseph Yobo has cleared the air on the controversy surrounding his appointment as he revealed that he is yet to get his coaching certificate.
Yobo, who was a former skipper of the Nigeria national football team said the process of getting a coaching certificate has already started in the wake of criticism that trailed his appointment in February this year.
“It’s in progress, everything is going to come through, if not for this pandemic as well. But like I said this is a topic that we can talk about for days.
“One thing I like is I’m a practical kind of person, I have said that even talking about the local players, put me against somebody and watch what happens, not that I am proud of what I think I can do but I always let my work speak for me,” the former Everton defender said.
With a national team career that spanned thirteen years, the former Galatasaray defender knows everything about the politics that goes on in the Super Eagles and he is aiming to bring his experience to bear.
“I bring in my experience, I am going to bring in belief, I am going to be an interface between the players.
“One thing people don’t understand my time as the captain, a lot of things that happened behind the scenes players don’t want to talk about because they’ll be a scapegoat.
“We have somebody else, Gernot Rohr, he’s the tactician, he’s the head coach. I am assisting him in things that maybe he might not see, I’m working under him, I’m not the head coach,” Yobo stressed.
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