NFF stabbed me in the back – Finidi George

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Finidi George has disclosed the reason for his decision to resign as head coach of the Super Eagles.

Finidi submitted his resignation letter to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday. The 53-year-old made this decision following the NFF’s announcement that they would hire a foreign technical adviser to manage the team.

In a video posted on social media hours later, former Super Eagles media officer Colin Udoh confirmed that he had spoken to Finidi about his decision.

“Finidi confirmed to me that he resigned his position indeed,” Udoh said.

“The reason being that he met with the NFF on Thursday, and they had a very good conversation.

“They spoke about the things they need to do going forward and he (Finidi) asked if he will be back.

“At no point during that meeting did anyone tell him they were going to appoint a foreign technical adviser.

“The NFF board had met on Wednesday and made that decision. But it was when Findi landed in Port Harcourt after that meeting that someone called him and informed him. He (Finidi) had to park his car and read the link to see that it actually was true.

“So he waited for two days to see if anyone would contact him but nobody spoke to him. So he (Finidi) felt they didn’t want him anymore and so he decided to turn in his resignation.”