Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia today saw through a FIFA ban for unethical conduct.
In 2019, Siasia was initially banned for life and fined $50,000 for “agreeing tonthe manipulation of matches for betting purposes”, but upon appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sports in 2021,his ban was reduced to five years and his fine was cancelled.
The 2008 Olympics silver-winning coach recently narrated his ordeal leading to the ban, to The Athlist.
“I spoke with someone who was trying to hire me as a coach in Australia. I didn’t know the guy was a match fixer, but FIFA knew this guy. Why would they allow him to be around any FIFA tournament?,” he narrated.
“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.
“We talked about how much salaries, transfers, bonuses, and sign-on fees were, and that was all.
“When FIFA were looking for me, I didn’t even know. I am not affiliated with FIFA; their affiliation is with the NFF. So, they went to the NFF and told them not to let me know that they were investigating me. But if they didn’t tell me, how was I supposed to defend myself?”
Today marks the end of the and Siasia is now looking to get back to work with multiple reports linking him to several local clubs for starters.
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