Amuneke denies rejecting proposed salary

SUPER Eagles' former star, Emmanuel Amuneke, has denied reports that he rejected the salary offered him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as an assistant coach of the national U-17team.The Barcelona of Spain former star also said he was disappointed with statements credited to the Chairman of NFF Technical Committee, Chris Green, in this regard. Amuneke was recently named one of the assistants to Nigeria U-17 coach, Manu Garba. The other assistants are Nduka Ugbade and Emeka Amadi.The NFF has offered the U-17 assistant coaches a monthly salary of N350,000 each, but they were reported to have rejected the offer they considered too poor. The 1994 Nations Cup hero and scorer of the winner that gave Africa and Nigeria an historic Olympic gold said: 'I am shocked at the report after reading it online here in Spain.'As a person and for those that know me very well, it's my country first before any other thing. But in any case, the federation has not contacted me for discussion on my take home. But even if they have opened negotiations, it's with my manager who I am yet to speak with. So, it's totally wrong for anyone to say I rejected any offer.'He added: 'I want to also note that even if an offer is made to me, it would be unprofessional of me to begin to discuss my take home agreed with the federation.'I also read the statement attributed to the chairman of technical committee and I must confess that it is not professional. Even if he heard rumours that I rejected the salary, which he didn't discuss with me, I think the right thing to do would have been to call me.''I have served my country before and will continue to serve my country no matter what. But we must do the right things.
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