My global coaching experience will benefit Golden Eaglets richly- Akuneto

Golden Eaglets coaching prospect, Chuks Akuneto believes Nigeria's cadet football would witness a massive turnaround under him given his global experience as a cadet gaffer if he is picked to tinker the side.

In an exclusive chat with 234sportsng.com, The Oldham FC U-19 gaffer hinged his submission on his wealth of experience as a youth coach, which has seen him manage top sides and win laurels at ease, adding that it is about time Nigeria benefit from his players' developmental skills.

He posited that the incoming Super Eagles manager won't have to comb Europe in search of talents because the Golden Eaglets would turn out to be the production hub for talented players that would easily metamorphose into the senior side just like Victor Osimhen and others.

"I'm interested in managing the national U-17 team If I'm deemed capable. I have applied for the job while I wait for the due process to take its course," begins Chuks.

"I have got lots of knowledge, experience, and qualifications when it comes to age-grade football. More importantly, my hunger pang is geared towards changing the fortune of cadet football in Nigeria. We have never lacked personnel and talents but the missing link has been the slow progression of players from the youth sides to the senior side. That will only happen when you work more in developing the players first right from Golden Eaglets. That is when the Super Eagles can have that pool of talented stars to pick from and make the heads of opposing coaches turn with envy when they see us play.

"I want to do something for my country, That is why I'm putting myself and my services forward to the Glass House if they think I'm that person that they want to employ to change the face cadet football around in the country," he said