{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Bruno who? - big gamble by the NFF - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"957wPuAk7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/bruno-who-big-gamble-by-the-nff\/\">Bruno who? &#8211; big gamble by the NFF<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/bruno-who-big-gamble-by-the-nff\/embed\/#?secret=957wPuAk7b\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Bruno who? &#8211; big gamble by the NFF&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"957wPuAk7b\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Under normal circumstances, it would be considered too soon to start any controversial discourse on the man. However, the shrouded process of the appointment, the timing of it, and the calibre of the person engaged following one of the worst periods in Nigeria\u2019s football history, have raised a lot of eyebrows. To be silent would be tantamount to lazy journalism.   He is foreign, a German. His name is Bruno.  The only famous Bruno in sports that I know of are Fernandez of Manchester United FC, and the British boxer. In coaching, not any of the known names in international football that would have silenced critics and sceptics avers to hiring any more foreign coaches in Africa in 2024 after all the previous failures.  So, Bruno who?  The appointment of a Bruno Labbadia, therefore, came as a complete surprise to everyone (except, of course, those that must have been behind the deal). There must be some kind of deal in this new arrangement. That\u2019s the only way to understand the rationale for a football administration to dare at this time to present to Nigerians a totally unknown coach, straight from the blue, completely outside the radar of even the most ardent football followers.    Bruno\u2019s choice immediately attracts interest. The current relatively subdued debates on the issue are a result of the \u2018shock\u2019 of the audacity of the NFF administration to present, without clear reasons and motivation, a low-level foreign coach without international recognition or solid credentials after the unconvincing performances by several foreign coaches with better credentials, including Jose Paseiro, to Nigerians.   This is not even a good to stick to the doctrine of a foreign coach given the outcry over previous dismal failures marked by a desert of trophies. The impression most Nigerians had after Paseiro\u2019s ouster is that any new appointment would pass through microscopic lenses and scrutiny. For any foreign coach to be hired would be as difficult as a \u2018camel passing through the eye of a needle\u2019. I had assumed that an unknown foreign coach would never again be unleashed on Nigerians. I now humbly concede naivety.  There are too many boxes that any prospective new coach would have to tick.  The person must be renowned internationally; must have clear and solid records of achievements to show in football; must be grounded in African football and footballers, either as a coach or even as a player; must have the reputation as a former player or as a coach to earn the immediate respect of the big superstars in the Eagles and the critical Nigerian public.   Does Bruno Labbadia tick any of the boxes?"}