By our reporter 21.8.2025
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has admitted having a cold relationship with Nigeria Football Federation top shots and he wouldn’t be surprised if he is booted out.
Following the scrutiny he faced after the Super Eagles B crashed in the group stages of the African Nations Championship, Chelle said he is not worried about being sacked.
“I have heard a lot of stories, about them wanting to sack me and replace me with someone else. I have heard about that,” Chelle told journalist Osasu Obayuwana in an interview.
“I know, quite well, that I can be fired after one match. This is life in football. But if they decide to do that, they must be prepared to pay up the remainder of my contract.
“When I came to Nigeria, I didn’t come here because of money. I was earning more in my last job. I came to Nigeria because this is a very big team and I want to prove something, to achieve something. I came here for the challenge. Nothing has changed about that.”
Speaking on his relationship with the NFF Chelle added.
“I have not had very much contact with the NFF President and the General Secretary, since I took charge of the team.
“We met at the very beginning, of course, and a few times afterwards. But I have been alone, largely, as I go on with doing my job.”
His major focus for now is September’s World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda at home and South Africa away.
“People have already written us off (with Nigeria failing, so far, to win a single home match in qualifying). But I am not bothered by that.
” I am concentrating on preparing my players for the remaining four matches that we have. I think that we are going to surprise a lot of people.”
