Eagles without coach for now – Olajire

The 23-man list of Super Eagles players released for the September AFCON 2015 qualifying matches by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF for now remains without a coach.

Ademola Olajire, Assistant Director, (Communications), while answering questions on the list confirmed that the Eagles will remain without a coach for now, as the federation is still working on terms of contract with Keshi.

“It’s true a list was released yesterday by the NFF and I did my job by sending it out. The issue of who coaches the team will be decided by the federation but for now, there’s no coach for the Super Eagles.”

He noted that though, the federation is in talks with Keshi on his new contract, it has not been decided if he would continue or not.

Reason for this according to Olajire is that: “Keshi’s contract is still being worked on and until it is sorted out, it cannot be said that he would lead the team. The NFF will decide who leads the team to the matches against Congo DR and South Africa.”

The 52-year-old led Nigeria to her third African title in 2013 and the second round at the World Cup in Brazil.