NIGERIA: Keshi to lead Super Eagles to Brazil
The lower House has turned down
rumours that a foreign coach will be
hired to take the Super Eagles to the
2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil
The House of Representatives Committee on
Sports has confirmed that coach Stephen
Keshi will be the man to lead Nigeria to the
2014 Fifa World Cup.
Keshi, who led the Super Eagles to win a
third Africa Cup of Nations title in South
Africa last year has been in the mix of
chitchat claiming a foreigner will be
employed to take charge of the team during
the quadrennial football showpiece.
Speaking on this issue on Sunday in Abuja,
Deputy Chairman of the committee Ayo
Omidiran said tales about a foreign manager
are not true while insisting the former Togo
and Mali handler has what it takes to lead
the Eagles to glory.
“Nobody is planning to hire a foreign coach
or any coach at all to replace Keshi,”
confirmed Omidiran.
“When I first heard about this, I made
enquiries and the NFF said there was nothing
of such. Let us take the NFF for their word.
We should not push them to do it.
“Keshi is not new in coaching. He has taken
other African countries to the highest level of
football.
“I don’t know why anybody will say that
Keshi is not qualified to take Nigeria to the
World Cup. He will take Nigeria there.
“Let us allow Keshi to concentrate on his
job. In football, there are no clear-cut results
until the full time.
“Names on paper don’t produce results; it is
a team game and unity of purpose is very
important. Therefore, hard work and prayer
will improve the lot of the Super Eagles”, she
concluded.
Coach Stephen Keshi is expected to name
his provisional squad for the competition
which starts in June next week.
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