NFF never sacked me —Keshi ... Set to finalise contract with Ethiopia
Stephen
Keshi has revealed that he was not sacked as the head coach of the
Super Eagles, saying that he had no contract with the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) in the first instance.The new NFF board showed Keshi the exit on Thursday morning as national team coach, despite his side’s 3-1 home win against Sudan that kept the Super Eagles in the running to defend their African title.
Keshi said in Ilorin that he is surprised on how the news was disseminated that he was sacked as the Super Eagles’manager.
“I am not happy with the way media people are reporting this to the public, because I don’t understand how you would fire someone that has no contract.
“My contract expired after the World Cup in Brazil, and I never made any effort for my contract to be renewed because of so many issues on the ground.
“I have accepted my fate, and I would move on with my life, but I want to make it clear that I was never sacked because I had no contract,” Keshi told Supersport.com
It has been widely reported that Keshi had revealed that three African countries have showed interest in him to be their national team coach, but Keshi revealed that he never said such.
“I have never told anybody that three African countries are looking for me, and as far as I’m concerned, no country has called me for any talk,” he added.
The Super Eagles must win their next two games against Congo and South Africa to have any chance of qualifying for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations, and Keshi believes Nigeria would qualify for the championship.
“I know Nigeria would qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because we have the players that can do the job, but they need a lot of encouragement and support from Nigerians and I wish them good luck in their next two games,” Keshi said to Supersport.com.
Keshi has been replaced with Shuaibu Amodu and his re-appointment comes four years after he was sacked and stopped from leading the country to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
... Set to finalise contract with Ethiopia
FORMER coach of the Super Eagles Stephen Keshi is expected in Ethiopia this week to finalise discussions over taking charge of the country’s team.
A source in the Ethiopian FA, who did not want to be identified, told AfricanFootball.com on Sunday that Keshi is expected in Addis Ababa this week to continue talks on the possibility of taking over the national team.
“He is expected in Ethiopia late this week,” revealed the source.
Ironically, Keshi denied Ethiopia the chance to qualify for their first-ever World Cup last year when the Super Eagles beat them both at home and away in a final playoff.
Last week, the Nigeria fired Keshi after the country’s laboured campaign to qualify for next year’s AFCON.
“We hope we can get him because he is a high profile coach who has won AFCON with Nigeria and also took them to the World Cup.”
Keshi, who has already coached Togo and Mali, is expected to salvage Ethiopia’s Nations Cup hopes who is third in Group B with three points from four matches, three points behind second-placed Mali.
Algeria has already qualified for the tournament proper after compiling 12 points.
Ethiopia’s remaining matches are first away in Algeria and then at home to bottom team Malawi next month.
Source: http://tribune.com.ng/news/sports/item/19130-nff-never-sacked-me-keshi-set-to-finalise-contract-with-ethiopia
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