Former Tremendous Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has criticized the pattern of captains sitting on the bench.
Oliseh described it as “an anomaly” whereas talking on Channel Sports activities on Sunday.
In keeping with him, the skipper needs to be on the pitch main the remainder of the group.
“This I need to name an anomaly, and it began after we started having on-the-bench sitting captains,” Oliseh stated.
“You possibly can’t have that. You possibly can’t have your captain sitting on the bench.
“In different phrases, you might be saying it’s an assistant that’s main the group.”
Ahmed Musa, who’s the present captain of the Eagles, solely returned to the squad forward of the 2025 Unity Cup for the primary time because the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final 12 months.
Musa got here off the bench within the 62nd minute of a 2-1 win over Ghana, earlier than leaving camp to get married.
