Stephen Keshi believes the focus should be on Nigeria’s instead of the media reports which linked him with
Super Eagles handler, Stephen Keshi has asked to be left alone from scrutiny as he focuses on 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Tanzania billed for September this year.
In the past one week, he has been in the limelight following media reports linking him to the job of Cote d’Ivoire.
Keshi on Tuesday appeared before the organising and disciplinary committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to defend whether he applied for the job of the Elephants, in a meeting at the conference room of the Glass House with the Chris Green-led committee which lasted almost two hours.
“We thank God for the victory in Kaduna against Chad but I think what we should be thinking of is how prepared we are to face and win our away match against Tanzania. That should be our mission right now and not what the media said about Keshi.
“We need to change from all this little gossip, we need to go ahead and fashion out a formidable team which includes the press, the players, NFF so that we can conquer the world and conquer the African continent. My focus right now is to prepare for the game against Tanzania.
“Everything went well, the NFF will talk to you on that but everything went well. Like you guys know, I never applied for the Cote d’Ivoire job. My name pops up everywhere. It happens to every coach. So it is not a big deal.
“My name is always everywhere. The question is that should I take Ethiopia to court, should I take Kenya or Tanzania to court?” said the man who led Nigeria to win the 2013 AFCON in South Africa.