NFF won’t renew Keshi’s contract

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is not likely
to renew Stephen Keshi’s contract as Super Eagles
manager after the summer World Cup in Brazil
irrespective of the team’s performance.
A source at the football house disclosed that the
federation has started bracing up for life after
Keshi’s tenure, insisting that the coach has limited
tolerance for candid advice from the authorities.
“I can tell
you right
here that
Keshi’s
contract
will not be
renewed.
Of course,
another
test case
for him is
the World
Cup; we
have
given him
all the necessary assistance and free hand he
requires to succeed, but the World Cup will be the
destination point between us,” a member of the
NFF board said.
The source, who did not disclose specific offence
the coach committed simply said, “Don’t you read
the newspapers? He ignores simple official
administrative directives, fails to pardon even the
most cool-headed and experienced Nigerian
players. We cannot further harbour such
inconsistencies in our fold.”
The NFF, the source admitted appreciates some of
Keshi’s achievements within the continent, but that
it was not certain Keshi would replicate such
successes on the global stage.
“Let me inform you, players form synergy among
themselves and when any of them feels ill-treated,
others will subtly queue behind their colleague,
this is the kind of things the federation wants to
avoid but instead of avoiding it, the coach is
magnifying it everyday. This we understand is a
ploy for an excuse should the team fail to deliver
in Brazil.”
The NFF technical committee recently issued a
query to Keshi for failure to attend official
engagement in Abuja.
Secondly, the federation’s technical committee
members could not fathom why the coach refused
to invite certain players to the national team.
Keshi, it was gathered has also jettisoned plans for
a technical assistance suggested to him by the
federation, but rather chose to go to the World Cup
with a depleted technical crew.