Super Eagles: Nigeria will regret it – Gara-Gombe warns NFF against handing Chelle $130,000 salary

Former president of the Gombe State Football Association, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has expressed his disapproval of the Nigeria Football Federation’s imaginable determination to renew the declaration of Super Eagles caput coach, Eric Chelle.

Chelle, who is presently connected a monthly wage of astir $50,000, has little than a twelvemonth near connected his existing contract.

Recent reports suggested that helium has enactment distant 19 demands, including a important wage hike to $130,000, successful speech for extending his tenure with the team.

Speaking connected the development, Gara-Gombe believes that granting Chelle a caller declaration would beryllium a mistake for Nigeria.

He besides criticized Chelle’s purported demands arsenic an effort to leverage his presumption aft gaining planetary designation done the Super Eagles.

“I don’t judge it is okay,” Gara-Gombe stated successful an interrogation with The Guardian.

He added: “Chelle came to Nigeria to heighten his CV (resume). Super Eagles are excessively large for him. He wants to ‘blackmail’ america aft the Super Eagles enactment him connected a planetary stage.

“With the players Nigeria possesses, we are adjacent the ones to inquire a manager similar Eric Chelle to wage america ‘privileged fees’.”

Gara-Gombe besides dismissed the rumored nexus betwixt Chelle and Olympique Marseille arsenic a fabricated narrative, insisting that his demands look unrealistic.

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