‘NFF won’t sack Keshi’

Contrary to the expectations of those angling for sack of Coach Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles Head Coach after failing to qualify the team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, they might need to wait a bit longer.

This is because the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has no plans to sack the coach for now.

A member of the board of the NFF, who preferred anonymity, informed at the weekend that the board is not considering sacking the coach for now.

The board reluctance is not unconnected with the foisting of the coach on the NFF by President Goodluck Jonathan after the coach was sacked by the board last month.

Rather, the board is considering making the coach report to the Technical Director, Shaibu Amodu.

The move, we learn’t is to ensure that Keshi is kept away from the board as much as possible.

“There is no plan to sack Keshi for now,” the source said.

“The presidency will be regretting their action by now, “noted the source, adding, “What is in the offing is to ensure that the coach reports to Shaibu Amodu, the technical director.”

Even as the board is not prepared to sack the coach, the source, however, pleaded with Keshi to take a walk on the premise that, that was the honourable thing for him to do for now.

“It is in his interest to just walk away because the federation does not like him (Keshi), the people are against him. There is no section of the football family that is happy with him. Let him just take a walk.”

Presently, the coach has no contract with the NFF. His contract renewal has been stalled since the team crashed out of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil last July.