Laloko Rubbishes Idea Of Recalling Westerhoff

Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director Kashimawo Laloko has said that the idea of Clemens Westerhof returning to the Super Eagles should be immediately rejected, and he has also criticised current manager Gernot Rohr.
Dutchman Westerhof, who was in charge of the Super Eagles from 1989 to 1994 and took the team to one AFCON title and qualification for the USA World Cup, has been touted as a possible replacement for current manager Gernot Rohr.
Westerhof, 79, would serve as a technical advisor for the NFF, with a younger coach in charge of the national team, according to a recent report.
The same report quoted Laloko, who insists that the Dutchman only succeeded because he had access to the former military Vice President, Augustus Aikhomu, and therefore huge amounts of funding were given the green light.
“As far as I am concerned, Westerhof is not a coach but an organiser. He was lucky that during his time as the coach of the Super Eagles he had direct contact with the late Aikhomu, and things worked out well for him. He cannot get same treatment now,” the former NFF director stated.
“These days, we don’t have people with the kind of interest in football shown by Aikhomu back then and that is the truth. Westerhof and his former assistant, Bonfere Jo, are birds of a feather and they are not good enough. Westerhof is even worse than Gernot Rohr.”