A close associate to Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi has revealed to SL10.ng the reason the coach is not willing to consider Kelechi Iheanacho for the senior national team.
Our source said Keshi initially had Iheanacho firmly in his plans for the Super Eagles post World Cup commitment, but his failure to listen to Keshi’s advice angered the Big Boss.
“Nigerians love to talk and make issues out of non issue, was it not Keshi who first called up Iheanacho last year against all odds and complains?” he asked.
“Are you aware that Iheanacho would have gone to the Africa Nations Championship(CHAN) early this year? But he absconded from Camp to push through his move to Man City.
“Keshi adviced him to stay until after CHAN and improve his worth with a super showing at the tournament but he ignored and wasted a good chance, maybe he might have gone to the World Cup.
“He is paying for it now, because the CHAN would have been the best avenue to introduce him to senior football with less pressure, the AFCON 2015 qualifiers is too dicey to gamble on a youngster.”
However, he assured that Keshi still has Iheanacho within his sight but only after qualification for AFCON is guaranteed.
“No sane coach will ignore such a special talent but he isn’t worth the gamble of risking our qualifiers, after that he will be considered.”
You are talking rubish, who's now paying 4it? The talented boy who's career is @good standing in mancity or u wt ur toothless strikers dt ar shy in front of goal? I just hope Keshi's stubbornness will not make him stupid. The earlier d better u learn frm past mistakes.
ReplyDeleteWe're always full of tall stories. When will we learn from other countries? Young talents are always a great asset to any national team except ours. We saw quite a number of such young faces in the last World Cup but when it is Nigeria the story is different. It looks like Keshi also needs a course in Management of Human Resources. Possibly the former coach of Man U , Sir Alex will be of help to him.
ReplyDeleteSee Nigerians, the boy is good yes, but what happened to discipline? So because he is good, he should do whatever he feels and slap whoever he wants, even if he is in the team, does it guarantee anything better? Wasn't keshi the one that introduced him to us? So now he is too big? Smh
ReplyDeleteOk. what is his problem with Ike Uche?
ReplyDeleteKeshi is a business man. He wants to be the boy manager and wants to order him around. He did it in Togo with Adebayo and that ended his job there. Naija will soon know who he is
ReplyDeleteSee, we nigerian are fund of making statemence wt out refleting on the passed mistake, if the guy is too big to listing to his master, let him go to hell
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