Salisu Yusuf Nigerian Super Eagles Coach was caught receiving bribe.

A coach of the Nigeria national team, the Super Eagles, Salisu Yusuf, has been caught on camera receiving bribe.

Mr Yusuf is the head coach of the Super Eagles B team. He is also an assistant to Gernot Rohr in the main Eagles team just back from the Russia 2018 World Cup.

In a sting operation masterminded by Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, and aired on the BBC, Mr Yusuf was caught on camera taking cash from men posing as football agents.

After a conversation about player selection, the head coach is seen taking a handful of cash. The impostors wanted two Nigerian players to be picked in the (then) upcoming African Nations Championships. After Mr Yusuf had taken the money, they alluded to other incentives like the coach getting 15 per cent of the player’s contract after their selection.

 some football agents on the development and they confirmed that it is the norm in football circles in Nigeria. They said the corruption is killing the chances of true talents making the limelight.

Francis Abiodun a Lagos-based football agent, said he has been a victim as one of his players (name withheld) was once denied a chance to play for the Nigeria U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, years back because he could not meet the financial demands of the coaches.

“It is more like a norm in Nigeria football and across Africa, but I don’t know of other climes. Remember what Kylian Mbappe’s father reportedly said about FA officials demanding money from him before they could allow his son to play for Cameroon.

Mr. Abiodun advocated for an agency like the EFCC that could checkmate the excesses of the coaches and to whom reports can be made when players or agents are made to part with money and gifts before their wards are selected.

On whether Mr Yusuf should be left off the hook having stoutly defended himself that he never sought for the inducement but was willingly given to, the agent, who has successfully brokered deals for a couple of Nigerian players to other African Leagues and Eastern Europe, said he must be brought to book.

“Frankly, Salisu is not the only one doing this but he must be brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others