Vanguardngr:
Keshi may not get new contract, Siasia ready to take over

It is increasingly getting tough for out of contract Super Eagles
Coach, Stephen Keshi as he is not likely to be given a new
contract by the newly elected NFF executive committee.
A majority of the new NFF leadership does not believe in the
coach and even though he will supervise the two AFCON
qualifiers against Sudan later this month, he will not be
offered a new deal.
“Most members of
the old board under
Aminu Maigari have
been returned,
including Chris
Green, who was
technical committee
chairman, and that
can only mean bad
news for Keshi,” a
top source
informed.
“But most importantly even the newly elected executives, the
very top officials, do not support Keshi continuing as coach.”
It is believed that Keshi will only be left in charge of the team
for the matches against Sudan home and away and thereafter
a decision will be taken especially if by then Nigeria have
mathematically lost out on qualifying for the Nations Cup in
Morocco.
Keshi has become increasingly nervous since after the NFF
elections in Warri on Tuesday because he is seriously in
danger of losing the plum job now, our source said.
Recently some of his highly-placed backers had put pressure
on the NFF secretariat to give the coach a contract, but that
could not come through because only the executive
committee has the power to appoint a coach.
Keshi’s problems have been further compounded by the
renewed interest of former Eagles coach Samson Siasia in the
job.
Siasia has publicly said he will be interested in returning to his
former post if he is offered the chance again after he was fired
three years ago when Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2012
AFCON.
“Keshi took the job from me and if I’m given the job again, I
will take it,” he said in a radio interview.