Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has
expressed his desire to extend his contract
with Nigeria.
The AFCON-winning coach in a chat with
africanFootball.com from his base in the
United States said:”Yes, I met with Deji
Tinubu in Lagos before heading out for
America to see my family.
“It’s my country, I am ready to serve. I
have started something I would love to
finish.”
However, Keshi quickly added the working
conditions for his new deal have to be
better than what he had previously.
“But I cannot work the way I worked last
time. It’s not possible! All my staff, no!no!!
no!! We have to be professional, everybody
has to do what they are supposed to do,”
he stated.
“I cannot be paying another staff salary,
when I am not the Nigeria Football
Federation. We will see how it goes. If the
conditions are met, we will be there, no
wahala.”
In the meantime, the NFF has disclosed to
africanFootball.com that it will forward a
letter of intent for contract renewal this
week to the former Super Eagles captain.
Tinubu, the Head of a three-man
committee for Keshi’s contract renewal,
said: “We have made tremendous
progress.
“We will first send a letter of our intent for
a renewal of his contract and expect a
reply from him as quickly as possible.
“This would allow us to start working on
the terms of contract. We would have our
terms and we know he would have his
terms. But we would be working in such a
way that we would arrive at an agreeable
term that would suit both parties and then
hopefully he signs.
“We can’t put a time limit on this, but we
hope we are done with it as quick as
possible considering that we have a game
in September,” Tinubu stated.