Super Eagles manager Stephen
Keshi will not be easily prized
away from his current job, despite
a troubled relationship with his
current boss.
Until recently, the former Super
Eagles captain worked for over
seven months without pay, after
guiding his side to the Africa Cup
Nations (AFCON) title in February.
*Eagle’s coach, Keshi
As expected, potential suitors
jumped at the opportunity to make
offers with substantial financial
rewards, but Keshi remains
insistent on staying put due to his
love for his homeland.
“It is the love that I have for my
country that has kept me in this
place ever since,” Keshi said to
SuperSport when asked why he is
putting up with ill-treatment from
the Nigerian FA.
“I go outside into the shops and
markets and ordinary Nigerians in
the streets are thanking me and
asking God to continue to bless
me. It humbles me. It makes me
realise the responsibilities I have
to these people and I keep at the
job.
“I also have a fantastic group of
young footballers, who I sincerely
do not want to abandon at this
moment.”
He added: “I have four offers on
the table for me that will triple my
wages but because of the reasons
I have given I have told those
offers to please go elsewhere.
“Where else in this world do you
hear or read of a successful team
having their bonuses slashed?
When one thinks about it like that
it shows how incongruous the
whole thing looks really.”