*Amiesimaka not surprised Big Boss’ two-year contract terminated
Former Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Patrick Ekeji, has said that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was right by terminating the appointment of Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi.
Former Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Patrick Ekeji, has said that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was right by terminating the appointment of Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi.
Ekeji argued that the federation had no confidence in the coach and the right thing to do was to part ways in the interest of the nation.
“The NFF have done what they should have done before,” the former Green Eagles star said.
“They have lost confidence in Keshi long time ago, and when you don’t have confidence in your employee, there is no way you can work together.”
“I have said it before that they should take a decision on time and I am happy they have done that. They should start looking for a new coach immediately and if they already have one, he should resume without any delay.”
The NFF at the weekend terminated the appointment of the former Togo and Mali coach as the coach of the Super Eagles.
According to the release by the NFF, Keshi’s appointment was terminated after reviewing the reports/findings of the NFF Disciplinary Committee and NFF Technical and Development Committee.
Also yesterday, a former Green Eagles winger, Adokiye Amiesimaka, said yesterday that he was not surprised at the removal of Keshi because the current Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board never believed in him.
Amiesimaka told NAN in Port Harcourt that the termination of Keshi’s two-year contract because he applied for the Ivorian job, would not come to many Nigerians as a surprise.
``It is clear that the moment he was employed and after winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, it was obvious they did ot want him.
`Keshi was not wanted by the NFF. After winning the cup, Keshi ran into different problems with the federation.`` Some top NFF officials made it clear that they wanted a foreign
coach; they were merely looking for excuse to throw him out,’’ he said.
Amiesimaka, a former Chairman of Sharks FC of Port Harcourt, said it would have dawned on Keshi that his employers did not want him.
``I saw it coming, Keshi should have seen it coming, I am sure other Nigerians too should have seen it coming, he was never their choice.”
Amiesimaka said the same Shaibu Amodu as replacement for Keshi was removed in the past because he lacked technical depth.
``Amodu qualified the country twice for the World Cup in 2002 and 2010 and was sacked for a lack of technical expertise.
``I believe Amodu is not the real choice, I think they will prefer a foreign coach. Let’s wait and see how things will go,’’ he said.
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