Samson Siasia Blames NFF For Five-Year Ban, Defends Himself

I’m still struggling with that one just because Nigerians couldn’t stand up on their feet and check what was going on.” Note that Samson Siasia’s ban will officially come to an end in August 2024.

“Nigeria abandoned me at that time of need; that’s my take on how this thing played out,”Samson Siasia said in an interview with Athlist.

But if they didn’t tell me, how was I supposed to defend myself?” Samson Siasia continued,“Then they sent me a letter, but it went to my spam.

The 56-year-old Nigerian tactician said football stakeholders in the country abandoned him as he had to struggle for two years before he was able to raise money to appeal his ban.

“It’s an allegation; they said bribery.

“When FIFA was looking for me, I didn’t even know.

Siasia who has won silver at the under-20 World Cup, silver and bronze at the Olympics, and the youth championship for Nigeria, said he got to know that FIFA was investigating him when it was too late for him to have a hearing.

“It has been dragging because he said I have to pay €300,000 even though our initial agreement was in euros.

“So, when they found out through emails, our correspondence about how this guy would take me to Australia, I played in Australia, so I felt it would be nice to go back there..

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