Warning that his future does not depend on the outcome of the result against Congo, Keshi also revealed that he gave up the incidence on the return of his assistant, Sylvanus Okpala, due to the case at the CAS, just as he revealed that the game came at a wrong time for Victor Moses, who took permission that he is not yet fully fit
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Home-based defender, Solomon Kwambe, also returns and Aaron Samuel (who got one of the goals against Sudan), Hope Akpan, Sunday Emmanuel and home-boy Emem Eduok have further chances after being called for the matches against the Falcons of Sudan
Amodu, who dropped the hint while fielding questions from the sporting press on arrival at the Glass House with his coaching consortium on Tuesday, argued that Keshi’s removal was not the best of decisions, especially when he has only two remaining matches to round off the qualifiers
A close source in the Ethiopian Football Association, is said to have confirmed that they expect Keshi in Addis Ababa this week to continue talks on the possibility of taking over the national team
Arrogance
One of the factors that led to the sack of Keshi was his desire to exert his authority as the head coach of the Eagles without due recourse to other people’s opinion. Keshi was the supposed messiah and he actually started work as such when he invited almost all the Eagles’ players in order to measure how good they were and those that would fit in with his strategy
The former Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan board member told the News Agency of Nigeria that the coach’s attitude of sidelining players he has personal issues with has killed the team
Keshi, fondly referred to as the Big boss, exclusively told The Eagle Online, that some experts have been employed to provide him with a full dossier of the Central African opponents
Speaking after the national team had their first work-out at the Philadelphia Eagles Stadium in Philadelphia, Keshi said he was thrilled by the level of tactical and technical depth displayed by the players but there was need to be cautious
The report had claimed that Coach Keshi did not submit any list at Tuesday’s Technical Committee meeting and that the NFF and Keshi tried to manage ‘a bad case
Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, on Friday launched verbal attack on Osaze Odenwingie following the latter’s twitter rants. The Nigerian…
Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, led 12 players, his four assistants and backroom staff to the Faro camp after flying to Portugal from Accra, Ghana on Thursday night
The Super Eagles will have their last training session at the Abuja National Stadium training pitch on Thursday morning before departing for Portugal, same day
Keshi also revealed that Kano Pillars’ Papa Idris and Enyimba’s Henry Uche have been offered the opportunity to hustle for shirts in the Faro camp and should be travelling with the team on Thursday
Ameobi, who scored the winner against Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, is expected to play a key role in Newcastle from January when the club’s main striker, Demba Ba, is expected to leave
Also on Wednesday, NFF’s Assistant Director (Media), Ademola Olajire, decried a report in a national newspaper that the duties of the Technical Committee had been handed over to the Technical Department
The Big Boss, as Keshi was fondly called in his playing days, said he understands the financial position of the federation and does not have any salary dispute with the Aminu Maigari-led board of the NFF
Speaking at the team’s Bolton White Apartment abode, Keshi said he was not averse to critics of the team but cautioned against those who are hell bent on distracting the team
There were fears that the two players, who have been part of the national team set up from the home front since Stephen Keshi took over about a year ago, may not be fit on time for the AFCON 2013 championship