Stephen Keshi‘s resignation and eventual U-turn, has sparked a series of reactions, counter-reactions and of course, a revealing of secrets.
DailyPost has been made to understand, that the 51-year-old deliberately took the action to step down, so he could draw the attention of those in authority, to the unfair treatment he has been getting from the Nigeria Football Federation.
Sources claim that Chris Green, the head of NFF‘s technical committee, has especially been on Keshi’s neck and the coach has had to put up with his interference all the while.
“Green sees himself as coach of the Eagles,” an anonymouse source said. “He dictates to Keshi on players to select and he is always of the view that Keshi is not good enough. He is an advocate of hiring a European coach. In fact during the Nations Cup, he was discussing with many coaches, especially the coach of Zambia to take over from Keshi.”
“Green and Maigari has been a pain in Keshi neck. Keshi believed that by resigning, the president will call him and tell him all these and get the guys off his back.”
Keshi withdrew his resignation, after a meeting with Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, who is reportedly unhappy with how the NFF have treated the former Mali and Togo boss.
The source continued: “The bad media is not good for Nigeria, he would have love to resolve the issue without the media attention.”
“He is not comfortable with the way they run the place. The minister wants the NFF guys sent home, just like he sent home the NPL (Nigerian Premier League) guys. He almost did last year, but he was stopped by Ayim Pius Ayim (Secretary to the government).”
Having brought the attention of the president and indeed the entire footballing circle to the matter, the source stated that Keshi now wants to be completely in charge of team affairs.
“He wants direct access to the president and also he wants the NFF off his back. The kind of politics Westerhof played in 1990s.”
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