Head coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has said that he is not interested in selling players abroad.
The former national team captain, on Monday released a 18-man squad of players based in Europe, ahead of the 2017 AFCON qualifier against Tanzania.
Oliseh has called up Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Carl Ikeme, Izunna Ugochukwu and Sylvester Igboun for the first time. He told the media that his major aim was to succeed as Nigeria coach and not market players.
“We don’t have a base for the team yet because for the past one year, 62 players have featured for the Eagles,” he said.
“I won’t sell players. Don’t forget that I was once a player and as players they have friends who they get along with.
“So, I know that if I do well, the NFF President can take me to the Lagos State Governor who could reward me for efforts made.
“I have my work cut out here and like my mother told me, if the job was easy I wouldn’t have been contacted.”
The former Juventus and Borussia Dortmund midfielder, also pleaded for support, as he officially begins work with the Eagles.
“I can’t succeed if we are antagonists of each other,” he added.
He revealed that his new team will not play like the ‘Class of 94′ which he starred in.
“If we play like we did in 1994, we’d lose 4-0, 5-0. Why? Because we relied on more individual talent.
“We will build a team to play with the individual talent and our physical strength which the Europeans don’t have”.
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