President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has been appointed President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B.
Following his appointment, Flying Eagles head coach, Aliyu Zubair has confirmed the development affirms Nigeria’s growing influence in regional football.
“We are going to sit and evaluate our performance there and evaluate the players individually to know who are those players that cannot continue the journey.”
It’s Our Time – Zubair
Aliyu Zubair noted that the time had come for a Nigerian to lead WAFU Zone B, a role that aligns with the efforts and strides being made at home.
“And we will immediately start looking for those who we are going to invite for replacement, because definitely we know there are a lot of deficiencies in the team, particularly in the area of attack.”
“And we are going to overhaul the whole department as well. And like you know, maybe you have heard that WAFU tournament is coming up.”
‘WAFU-B Tournament is a Yardstick to Scout Players’ – Aliyu Zubair
Coach Zubair said Nigeria will take the upcoming WAFU tournament seriously, especially since it will double as a testing ground for new players.
“Now that our president is even the president of WAFU, we want to honor that competition.”
“So I think that is going to be a competition where we are going to even test those who we are going to invite for us to know their level.”
“To know those who can fit into the replacement.”
“Definitely, particularly those that are coming in new, that is going to be the competition we use to test them.”
“To know whether they have the ability to cope. As you can see, most of the players that went to this Nations Cup, some showed a lot of quality before we go there.”
“On getting there, we realized that some cannot really fit into what we are looking for.”
“So this WAFU tournament is going to serve as a yardstick to measure the level of those that will be coming in.”
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