EMENIKE: Nobody is irreplaceable - Oliseh

Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has said he was shocked when he heard of the sudden retirement of Emmanuel Emenike from the Nigerian national team.

He, however, added that nobody except the entity Nigeria itself is irreplaceable. Emenike on Monday night, through Instagram, announced that he was putting a full stop to his career with the Super Eagles in order to avoid insults and also to allow peace in the national team.


However, coach Oliseh in his first public reaction to the development, said he was personally shocked with Emenike's action .

"It was a big shocker for us and a big shocker for me personally… personally, I still don't accept that he has retired because officially I have not heard anything from him and I don't think the Federation has also heard from him, only what we know is what was posted on social media," Oliseh told Sports Radio Brila FM on Wednesday.

Oliseh explained how he has made Emenike part of his rebuilding process and accorded him more playing time than any striker so far under his reign.

"I have made him (Emenike) part of our rebuilding process, in fact he has had more playing time than any striker we have had, so I am very very surprised that he has decided to retire" the Nigeria coach stated.