Super Eagles of Nigeria are currently without a coach; as the NFF has refused to renew its contract with Stephen Keshi since his former contract expired since June 2014.
The 53-year old Nigerian coach had hopes of landing the job of Head Coach for the Burkina Faso team; but his hopes were dashed after he was overlooked for the Stallions’ job and rather it was given to German Coach Milovan Rajevac.
The German, 61, was preferred ahead of Keshi and former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac who had all been shortlisted for the role.
Keshi, whose contract ran out with the Super Eagles in June 2014, would now look to the Nigeria Football Federation for a potential renewal of his contract.
Keshi had recently spoken about his plans to lead the Stallions to their first ever World Cup appearance while also targeting the African title.
“If I am hired by the grace of God, I would want to qualify Burkina Faso for the 2017 Afcon and why not the next World Cup as I did with Togo and Nigeria? Everything is possible provided the resources and support are provided,” Keshi told Sidwaya.
The NFF has recently been dragging its foot over giving the 53-year-old a new contract and would have been relieved if he had picked up the Burkina Faso job.
Nigeria will play a friendly match against Bolivia next month but are yet to secure a substantive coach to handle the affairs of the team.
