Keshi to NFF: Stop distracting me with gossips

The Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to allow him concentrate on his task rather than distracting him with gossips.

Keshi stated this on Tuesday after he appeared before the Organising and Disciplinary Committee of the NFF to defend himself on the allegation of applying for a job in Cote d’Ivoire.

Keshi who stormed the Glasshouse headquarters of the NFF at exactly 11:54am immediately zoomed into the conference room where he faced the Barrister Chris Green-led Disciplinary Committee for almost two hours.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after facing the NFF committee, Keshi, whose contract was renewed last month, confirmed that he gave details of how his name appeared as one of those shortlisted by the Cote D’Ivoire Football Federation to coach the country’s national team, the Elephants.

According to the former Mali and Togo handler, who was visibly angry over situations surrounding his invitation to appear before NFF: “We thank God for the victory in Kaduna against Chad.

“Now, I think what we should be thinking of is how prepared we are to face and win our away match against Tanzania.

“That should be our mission right now, not what media said about Keshi.

“We need to change from all this little gossip and all these stuff.

“We need to go ahead and forge a formidable team, which includes the press, the players, the NFF so that we can conquer the world and conquer African continent.

“My focus right now is to prepare for the game against Tanzania.”

On his meeting with NFF Disciplinary committee, Keshi refused to divulge details of what transpired between him and the committee.

He said: “Everything went well but NFF will talk to you on that, but everything went well.

“Like you guys  know, I never applied for Cote d’Ivoire job.

“My name is in almost every nation.

“Should I take countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania to court?

“It happens to every coach.

“It is not a big deal.”

It would be recalled that the NFF and Keshi have been at apparent running battle after his contract expired last year, a situation that delayed his contract renewal for over nine months.