Nigerians In Sports: Amuneke Vows To Rescue El Makkasa From Relegation

Nigerian football legend, Emmanuel Amuneke, has stated that his priority with his new Egyptian side, Misr El Makkasa, is to survive relegation in the 2019/2020 Egyptian Premier League season. Positioned 16^th in the 18-team league table, Amuneke signed for the Egyptian side after a poor run of form in the domestic league saw, Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhami, popularly known as Mido (the former team manager) shown the exit door. With the current season on break, Amuneke who penned a one-and-a-half-year deal on renewable terms with the Egyptian side is optimistic of the team’s chances of surviving the relegation battle.

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When I came, the club was in deep relegation position. My immediate priority is to ensure their safety in the campaign… I’m confident we can achieve that objective. We’ve started the movement upwards. With the league on break, we have to use the opportunity to work on the players’ physical and mental fitness

Emmanuel Amuneke

The Nigerian who has already taken charge of two games since his arrival in Egypt, suffered a 1-0 loss in a Cup game and recorded a 0-0 draw against Enppi in the Egyptian league so far. He went further to express his delight at returning to the Egyptian league where he equally plied his trade professionally as a footballer.

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Everything lies in the hands of God. He knows how and why He does His things, especially in bringing me back to Egypt…I’m privileged to be amongst the first African coaches, outside of Egyptian origin to coach a club here…Don’t forget that I played here in Egypt and for me to come back now in the capacity of a coach is an honour. So, the success I make of it will open doors for, as many others as possible. But everything lies in the hands of God

Amuneke

Amuneke who featured for Zamalek and Barcelona during his playing days has had coaching stints with Khartoum SC, Sudan, and the Tanzanian national team. He equally led Nigeria to victory at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

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