Nigerians eye coaching job
Loading ...Vogts is however yet to be sacked from his post after Nigeria recorded their worst performance at AFCON in 25 years when they were knocked out of the quarter-final stage by Ghana.
However, the German mentor has not received any backing from the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) and one candidate, Oliseh, says he is expecting to enter into talks with the NFA within the next week.
“Serving my country is the aim now. Talks are on the way and we’ll see what will happen,” Oliseh told BBC Sport.
“I wouldn’t say no to getting my county out of this mess.”
“If we are struggling to qualify from the group stages then we are in a mess,” added the former national team captain.
Asked if NFA officials had already spoken to him, Oliseh replied: “No comment.”
Other names in the mix are former Nigeria striker Daniel Amokachi, Togo coach Stephen Keshi and Nigeria under-23 coach Samson Siasia.
Even former German captain Lothar Matthaus told BBC Sport: “African national teams present an exciting challenge for me.”
Matthaus would not be in the reckoning if Oliseh gets his request for a locally-groomed coach.
“It’s nice to hear that people want to play a part,” the 33-year-old said.
“But I really think if you are going to manage a country with 130 million people, it would not be bad if you had a UEFA coaching badge and you had played at least to the level of Champions League at the top clubs in Europe.
“There are a lot of responsibilities to take just as Mr Vogts found out.
“What I mean by this new generation taking over is that if you look all over Europe, in fact it’s all over the world, the coaches of the major teams are those that have played at a high level for their country.”
Former players Amokachi and Keshi agreed with Oliseh, but said they knew nothing yet about the NFA’s quest to find a new coach.
Amakachi said: “It’s time for the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to turn to us Nigeria coaches.
“I’ll be the first to apply for the Super Eagles’ coaching job if there is a vacancy,” added the 35-year-old.
“Of course that would be a dream return,” Keshi told BBC Sport when asked if he would like to coach Nigeria.
“I don’t react to rumours but it would be a huge honour to coach my country again.
“I’ve learnt a lot within the Nigerian, European and African setting so it would not be too difficult to input my ideas.”
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