Super
Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is set to be on a collision course with his
employers, the Nigeria Football Federation as he was reported to have rejected
the NFF’s offer of a foreign assistant.
Instead,
Keshi is requesting the reinstatement of his former right-hand man, Sylvanus
Okpala.
Keshi
currently has Daniel Amokachi, Ike Shorunmu and Valere Houandinou on his
coaching staff and previously worked with Sylvanus Okpala, a former team-mate
during their playing days, who was relieved of his duties after the 2013
African Cup of Nations victory.
The
governing body gave Keshi free reign in the search for an international
assistant, but the tactician insisted the only addition to his team that he approved
of was that of Okpala, which the NFF refused to sanction.
“Stephen
Keshi was offered the chance to choose a foreign assistant, who will work under
him but he made it clear he was fine with his current assistants and backroom
staff. The federation did this because they felt Keshi needed additional
assistant,” said NFF Technical Committee spokesperson Paul Bassey.
“But
Keshi said he wanted one of his assistants, Sylvanus Okpala, to be recalled.
The federation told him Okpala can’t be recalled because he was sacked for
insubordination.
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