Nigeria, July 25 -- Nigerian coach, Adebayo Gbadebo, plies his trade in the Thai League. The 46-year-old Gbadebo holds a Pro coaching licence and has been coaching in Thailand since 2004. He became the head coach of Suphanburi FC in 2017 and his team is sixth on the Thai League 1 table after four weeks of action.

In a chat with PREMIUM TIMES, the University of Ibadan Sociology graduate explains the reason why Nigerian football seems mired in the past and is under-developed.

PT: What would you say to Ndubuisi Egbo's success in Albania and Didier Drogba's failure to become Cote d'Ivoire's FA president?

Gbadebo: Egbo was my teammate in the U-23 national team in 1991 and 1992 under Coach James Peters, from where he left for NEPA FC of Lago...