NFF Official says Keshi was Sacked Because he was Biased
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has said that recently sacked coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, was biased in his choice of players invited to squads as he didn’t have the nation’s interest at heart.
An official of the federation revealed that it was one of the reasons why his contract was not renewed. He said:
“We found out that some of the players he invited were those under managers close to him. He was taking risk by not inviting players on merit. This was not very good for our football. He did not have the interest of the nation at heart. This is one of the reasons the NFF had no option than to let him go.
“Nigerians were clearly not happy with his decision to shut out some players. His excuses were untenable. But because we didn’t want to interfere, we let him carry on and now we are back on a familiar trend of basing our possible qualification on permutations.
”He said a player like Kelechi Iheancho was too young to play for the Eagles. When it was obvious the Eagles lacked a creative midfielder. But how old was Keshi when he was invited to the national team. These are some of the things we could not come to terms with.”
