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Former Super Eagles Head Coach,
Stephen Keshi has ended his romance with the team following the failure of the
crisis ridden Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to improve on his first
contract.
Keshi’s contract expired after the
team sojourn at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil ended with a 2-0 loss to France in
the second round.
After the tournament, Keshi and the
NFF are yet to reach an agreement for him to continue coaching the Super
Eagles.
The coach disclosed on Brilafm recently that there was no way he would accept the offer the football house
offered him.
According to him, NFF’s failure to
improve on his first contract was an indication that they don’t want him any
more.
“If really NFF is serious, they are
not going to propose the same condition that I had for two and half years,
expecting me to take it for another four years. That means they don’t want me,
indirectly they’re telling me they don’t want me, we can understand that.
Keshi expressed regret at the
treatment met to him on the premise that he missed several job opportunities
that came his way, saying he can’t wait any longer.
“I can’t wait that long, no, no, no.
I’ve missed a lot of opportunities from other countries. “It’s not only South
Africa , I had Gabon and co, I can’t wait anymore. I wish the team well. I am
happy with the players but you know my career also needs to move.”
To prove that he has no ill feeling
against anybody, Keshi informed that he gave the names of 23 players invited
for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations double header matches against Congo on
September 6 in Calabar and South Africa four days later in Cape /Town
“I don’t have enemies. I still have
the board in mind. The board and I, we talk. And of course, my secretary is one
heck of a guy, he called me about two weeks ago and said coach we want you to
do this for us, I said ah! I don’t have contract with Nigeria how can I do such
a thing. We are at peace; we are at peace, no matter what. We took our time.
Trying to see who and who has been playing pre-season friendly games. We came
out with the 23-man list.
“I hope they’ll be able to use that
and get a good result against Congo ,” Keshi said.
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