Keshi should move on and stop disgracing other Nigerian coaches- Semitoje

Tomiwa Babalola

Former Super Eagles defender, Isaac Semitoje has urged Stephen Keshi to look elsewhere for job if the Nigeria Football Federation have refused to renew his contract.

Keshi was due to be unveiled on Friday but the NFF executives were nowhere to be found, while the nation's national team are left without a coach almost a month to the kickoff of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers.

Semitoje said that Keshi has hung around for too long and that's bringing disrepute to other Nigerian coaches both home and abroad.

“It’s like Keshi is desperate for the job – and it is clear the NFF is no longer interested in his services,” Semitoje told Punch.

 “The NFF should reject him because coaching the national team is not his birthright. Keshi should also reject the job because he won’t receive support from the NFF.

“He should stop disgracing other Nigerian coaches by hanging around the NFF to be given the  job.

“If he’s highly interested in developing our football, he should set up an academy  to discover talented players for the country.”

“Keshi needs a fresh challenge after winning the Africa Cup of Nations and taking Nigeria to the World Cup,” he added.

“He should go to another country to prove himself. He can manage a club in the domestic league to prove a point.

“Austin Eguavoen has been coaching clubs in the domestic league. Keshi should emulate him.

“He can come back later to coach the national team. Samson Siasia, who was sacked by the NFF after we failed to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, is back with the Under-23 team. Keshi shouldn’t make coaching the Eagles a do-or-die affair,” he concluded.