Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee chairman, Coach Kashimawo Laloko has advised the federation to call-off the bluff of Stephen Keshi and his agent for demanding N15 million before his contract will be renewed, promising to coach the Super Eagles for free. “Keshi and his agent want to rip-off Nigeria.
Where in Africa does a coach earn N15 million, if he cannot take N5 million, he should vacate the position for others to take the job.” according to report from Daily Independent. The former chief coach of The Gambia national team insisted that he is capable of coaching the national team free of charge adding that the NFF should not be held down by anyone as other senior coaches can also do what Keshi achieved with the Super Eagles.
Laloko who was speaking on a radio programme monitored in Lagos noted that problems that had surrounded Keshi’s contract were man-made and advised the football house to set up a caretaker committee that will handle the Super Eagles matches. “Coaches like Betrus Bewarang and others can handle Eagles on the interim bases until normalcy is restored.
The players are already there and would need some technical guidance to get results. I don’t think it’s something the NFF would beg anybody to do.” He stressed that the Nations Cup qualifiers against Congo and South Africa next month should not make anyone lose sleep, pointing out any coach is capable of producing result out of the 23 man list NFF had already released.
This is however coming on the heels of Keshi’s declaration that he’s finally quitting the Eagles job having waited for so long for issues about his contract to be resolved to no avail. “I can’t wait long again; I have missed a lot of opportunities from other countries not even only South Africa, but even Gabon and co. I can’t wait any longer. I wish the team well,” Keshi said.
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