Nigeria assistant coach
Daniel Amokachi insists
Stephen Keshi remains
in charge of the Super
Eagles, despite his
contract having expired
last year.
Keshi’s deal with the
Super Eagles came to
an end after the 2014
World Cup, although the
tactician maintained
the reins throughout
their failed AFCON
qualifying campaign,
where they finished
third in Group A.
Question marks still
hang over the role
Keshi will have with
Nigeria in 2015, but
Amokachi, who is
preparing the side
ahead of friendly
matches against Sudan
and Ivory Coast, insists
the coach is still very
much in charge of the
team.
“This is not my team
I’m only sitting in for
my boss, Stephen
Keshi. I can;t betray
him. He’s the boss and
I’m only here to do a
job as a coach,”
Amokachi told Cool FM.
Speaking about their
two upcoming
matches, where a host
of young players have
been called up to
action, Amokachi said:
“These are players
that we know, a lot of
them we know and
Keshi knows they are
coming into the fold.
And it’s always good
to work with young
players who want to
learn and are willing to
get to the next level
and I think it’s a good
start.”
