Super Falcons gaffer Randy Waldrum says the Nigeria Football Federation tried to influence his selection for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Recall the NFF unveiled Waldrum’s World Cup squad a few weeks ago, with big names like Ngozi Okobi and Rita Chikwelu missing.

Waldrum in a media outburst claimed that, the Federation wanted include a goalkeeper he has never seen in the squad.

“They wanted me to pick a goalkeeper from Nigeria for the world cup that I have never seen, and has never been in one of our camps, I said, no, that my contract says I pick my teams, so they retaliated and said I can’t take my assistant coach.

He continued, ”After the loss in Morocco (WAFCON 2022), the players hadn’t been paid so they boycotted training before the match against Zambia.

“My backup goalkeeper (Tochukwu Oluehi) spoke to the federation about not getting paid and they didn’t like how she spoke, so they dismissed her from the national team. They eventually let her back only if she wrote an apology letter.”

Waldrum also added that, the NFF has asked him not to travel to the World Cup with his assistant coach.