Chelsea assistant coach Michael Emenalo yesterday expressed outrage that he was quoted in the media as advising Samson Siasia and commenting on Chelsea players like Fernando Torres, Michael Essien John Obi Mikel and others.

The story was picked from goal.com which apparently sourced it from an impersonator on Facebook. Several local and international newspapers including FIFA website lifted the story from goal.com

“I never spoke to anybody. I don’t grant interviews and I have never spoken to anybody, not even  the English media,”  Emenalo said from London.

He sounded bitter, embarrassed and outraged.

“Its unbelievable. Do you know that I’m not on Facebook? Somebody is impersonating me on Facebook and that person has once defrauded players making them believe I could get them into Chelsea for a certain amount of money.

“I’m scandalized. This is unbelievable. Why are people doing this? Isn’t this madness?”

Emenalo made  name playing for Rangers of Enugu from where he earned call to the national team as a teenager. He became one of Nigeria’s best defenders and moved to USA to study on scholarship.    Nobody has quit active play for four years, returned and played in the World Cup.

Emenalo did when after graduation he played for Nigeria  during the USA’94 World Cup. He was brilliant  and moved to England after the World Cup. He later played in Israel under Avram Grant at Maccabi Tel Aviv. When Grant was appointed Chelsea manager, he signed on Emenalo as a scout.

His ability to read games is tremendous. Emenalo was appointed Chelsea assistant coach last year after Carlo Ancelotti’s number two Ray Wilkings was sacked.