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| Coach Stephen Keshi |
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi has told who cares
to listen that he is happy handling the country’s senior national team
for now.
Keshi, who was reportedly listed as an applicant by the Ivorian Football
Federation (FIF) alongside 58 other coaches denied he ever applied for
the job. Keshi is one of two Africans on the list. The other is Ivoirian
Yelato Silue.
“If Keshi is to leave, his contract is explicit on how he can go about
it, but he is happy with his job and he is willing to see out his
two-year contract, we don’t know why people are creating crisis where
there is none,” said Emmanuel Ado, Keshi’s agent.
Ado said if Keshi was to apply for the Ivory Coast job, he would be the
one to handle it and he never sent Keshi’s CV to the Ivorian Football
Federation.
“Keshi did not apply for the Ivory Coast job. I am his official agent
and I am the one that would have done that on his behalf if he was
interested,” he said.
Ado
disclosed that the purported Keshi’s application with Ivory Coast might
have been the hand work of ‘freelance’ agents who may have acted
independently to cash in on the clout of Keshi and applied on his behalf
believing that they could benefit if the deal pulls through.
“I was the one that negotiated Keshi’s contract in Togo, Mali, when he
was discussing with Equatorial Guinea and here in Nigeria, we know what
is his current contract and we are professionals and would not go
against a signed agreement,” Ado said.
Though the page on FIF website listing Keshi and 58 other applicants for
the Elephants job has been taken down, but Nigeria Football Federation,
NFF, says it would investigate the report linking Keshi with the
Ivorians
“The NFF will open a full investigation to determine whether Mr. Stephen
Keshi actually applied for the vacant Ivory Coast job,” NFF spokesman
Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport.
“There will be no hasty decision. We hope to get a full part from the
Ivory Coast football federation before making an official statement.”
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