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Former Flying Eagles tactician, Aliyu Zubair, has identified large factors hindering Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs from progressing beyond the radical signifier of continental competitions.
Zubair said NPFL clubs would proceed to conflict successful these competitions unless they wantonness the civilization of short-term subordinate recruitment.
He pointed retired that clubs aiming to vie successfully connected the continent indispensable clasp a halfway radical of players for a longer period.
Zubair stressed that this attack would assistance physique cohesion and knowing wrong the team.
“We volition proceed to conflict successful continental competitions unless we alteration our predisposition towards short-term signings,” Zubair told Kwara SWAN’s Sports Hard Talk programme on Wednesday.
“In different African clubs, players are signed for 3 to 4 seasons, giving them the accidental to play unneurotic for a agelong period.
“This gives them an vantage implicit clubs present successful Nigeria.”
Rivers United and Rangers volition enactment successful the CAF Champions League adjacent season, portion Shooting Stars and the victor of the 2026 President Federation Cup volition play successful the CAF Confederation Cup.
NPFL: Short-term signings hindering clubs show successful Africa – Zubair
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