Keshi will get Eagles job, assures Amaju Pinnick

The NFF president has dismissed intimations that coach Stephen Keshi is being dribbled by the country’s football house and that he would never get the national team job

Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has said coach Stephen Keshi will certainly be named Super Eagles job while dismissing claims from some quarters that a new contract with the ‘big boss’ would never be signed. 

 

The much anticipated unveiling of the coach of the senior national team gaffer by the NFF on Friday was not done leaving many to question the future of the Nigeria job.

Keshi was expected to sign a new contract to handle the team that he led to Africa Cup of Nations victory in 2013 at the Glass House after months of negotiations.

However, the ceremony was a non-affair as only three members of the NFF executive showed up at its headquarters.

According to Pinnick, the former Mali handler would eventually be given the Super Eagles job as the federation has agreed to all terms with him.

 “I am shocked at these insinuations because the NFF Executive Committee gave the go-ahead for a new contract with Keshi at its meeting in Uyo last month, and Keshi and his lawyers have looked at the contract agreement and are satisfied with every word in the final draft,” Pinnick told the Nigeria Football Federation website.

 “As a Federation, we have gone ahead to arrange some refresher programmes for Keshi, at nobody’s prodding, and which are meant to enhance Keshi’s knowledge and improve the man’s capacity as a world-class strategist.

“We would not be doing that if we are not ready to work with him. No one is forcing Keshi on us. We have sat down with him and he has agreed to all terms that we put down and he is ready to work to lift the Super Eagles back to glorious days,” he continued.

 “There were a few ends to tighten and Keshi himself understands perfectly and is comfortable with the arrangements to have the contract sealed early this week.

“We are not dribbling him. He won the Africa Cup of Nations with the team and led Nigeria to the Round of 16 at the World Cup in his first term. It is the belief of the NFF that Keshi can still perform at the highest level,” he concluded.

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