Coach Highlights The Major Challenges Of Working With Nigeria Professional League Players

Coach Usman Abdullah has highlighted the major challenges of working as a coach in the Nigeria Premier League, NPFL.  

The coach who holds UEFA A coaching license picks the level of coaching players receive at the grassroots before becoming an NPFL player as one of the challenges of coaches at the elite division. 

Coach Usman who won the Nigeria Premier League in 2019 with Enyimba Football Club last, who now works as the head coach of Wikki Tourists of Bauchi said the major problem is the players lack basics of the game from the grassroots. 

He said as a nation we need to improve on the level of coaching players received from the grassroots as it makes coaching job in the NPFL very difficult. 

" There are some things you really want to do in camp with players in your team but it becomes impossible as you make do with the quality of the players you have in your team" The Former Stationary Stars of Lagos player laments. 

He made this assertion on Thursday afternoon when speaking with Writers Lounge on the Challenges of being a coach in the NPFL.  

The Well-travelled coach stated further that it is a systemic problem that is affecting tactical play in the league and needs to be addressed  

"I think the problem has to do with the whole system of our football because we pay more attention to the grassroots as most of the players missed a lot that they ought to have been taught from the grassroots, we need to work more on the grassroots so that we can get the desired output when the players to play in the NPFL". Usman said. 

The coach who started his coaching in Europe highlight other challenges confronting coaches in the League 

"There are other challenges coaches faced in the league if I start to mention them it may take the whole day, is the organisational problem or finances, there are a lot but one just has to work it out and get the best out of it". The coach concludes. 

Coach Usman Abdullah took over from Paul Aigbogun to lead Enyimba to their seventh NPFL title when the team won the Super 6 in Lagos after the Abridged League of 2019. 

He led Enyimba to the CAF confederations semi-finals losing to Raja Casablanca of Morocco. 

He was relieved of his job and join Wikki Tourists in the middle of the 2020 Season which is currently suspended to curtail the spread of Coronavirus. 

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