Nigerian coach Adebayo Gbadebo has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Premier League, blaming its poor quality for the inability of the country’s coaches to secure a managerial role outside the country.
On a Popular WhatsApp Platform called the “FCT football update” Adebayo who is currently in charge of Sauphanburi in Thailand stated that the quality of the league is too low and as such foreigners will not be encouraged to employ coaches from a country where the quality of football is so low.
The Manager/Head Coach of Suphanburi FC of Thailand, a Premier league club said:
“Nigeria football is very interesting, but the quality of the league needs improvement so that those foreign administrators would want to have those handling the teams to help them develop their own leagues.
“But, if we compare the standard of what we have now, it will be difficult for Nigerian coaches to handle any team outside the country”.
He then bemoaned the use of Artificial turfs in the Nigerian League.
“Playing on artificial turf is bad. It lowers the standard of game. There is nowhere in the world that they are using artificial turf for league matches.
“The stage matters, and that is what is depriving us the opportunity of seeing most of the talents that are in our league” he concluded.
