Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi Still yet to sign a new contract

 

With the Nigeria Football Federation yet to name Stephen Keshi as the head coach of the Super Eagles, there are feelers from sources that his dreams might be shattered.

 

The Executive members of the NFF are divided over the decision of the Technical Committee to put the long term future of the Super Eagles in the hands of the 2013 African Cup of Nations winning coach, as some of them believe a foreign coach should head the team.

 

The recent struggles of the Super Eagles in friendly matches against Uganda and South Africa reportedly made some of the Executive members of the NFF to have a rethink on the abilities of local coaches.

 

However, there are moves by some well connected members of the NFF to have the former Mali coach back as Eagles' gaffer.

 

 

 President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, restated last night that the decision to hire Stephen Keshi for another term as Super Eagles head coach remained on track despite speculations that the deal might be jettisoned because his backers have lost out in the country’s power game.

 

The new two-year contract was expected to be signed between Keshi and the federation shortly after Nigeria’s international friendly with Uganda but had to be shelved because chiefs at the Glass House were out of Abuja for the Presidential Elections in their respective states.

 

A football-only online website had even gone ahead to report yesterday that the outcome of the election which opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, won was going to be the major determinant of whether Keshi was going to return to the post.

 

The Big Boss, as Keshi is called, has been in charge of the Super Eagles since 2011 but despite winning the AFCON in 2013 calls have been strident for his contract not to be renewed. Many Nigerians want him out due to the poor results as of late.
You will recall that Keshi reportedly resigned from his post two times in the past and at one point he was sacked by the NFF board only to be reinstated weeks later due to intervention from top officials in the Jonathan administration.