Amidst growing criticisms over a statement credited to
him on Malawi national team coach Tom Saintfiet,
Super Eagles chief coach, Stephen Keshi has said he is
not a racist.
Keshi did not take lightly to the request by Saintfiet that
FIFA should move the September 7 World Cup qualifier
between Nigeria and Malawi away from Calabar
sighting insecurity as the reason.
Keshi angrily attacked Saintfiet and called him a white
dude, who should go back to Belgium, a statement
labeled as racist by the Malawi coach.
Keshi
The statement has been widely reported by the
international press but Keshi is saying he has been
misrepresented. He said no hurt was intended as he
was only defending his country.
“I was just standing up for my country when someone
tries to make insinuations that it is not a safe place,” the
Afcon winning captain and coach for Nigeria told
supersport.com.
“I have nothing against Sainfiet, he was in Nigeria
recently and we shook hands and had a few things we
discussed. I just was very unhappy that a man who last
year was prepared to work for Nigeria with a four year
contract can all of a sudden start to describe the place
as ‘unsafe’ so am not having that.”

Keshi go ahead, 9ja gat ya back