Amuneke Unaware Of Appointment As Flying Eagles Coach

Emmanuel Amuneke has said that he was unaware of his appointment as the new coach of the country’s U-20 Flying Eagles by Nigeria Football Federation. NFF announced on Wednesday, that the former Golden Eaglets Coach has been appointed the as the head coach of the Flying Eagles.

The football house on Wednesday, after its meeting in Abuja proclaimed that Amuneke will head the coaching crew of the U-20 team while Manu Garba will head the U-17 Golden Eaglets. Amuneke who spoke from Spain shortly after the meeting in Abuja said he was not aware of any appointment and nobody has even called him, neither the FA nor any other official source to notify him about the new job. He said “This is new to me, I am not aware officially, of being named the coach of the Flying Eagles, I am just hearing this and it is new to me. I think I should have been told if anything like that was going to happen."

Amuneke who led the Golden Eaglets to a gold winning outing in Chile last year is currently in Spain holidaying and also tapping from some available opportunity that will make him to be a better coach in the round leather game.