Stephen Keshi, A Step Away From Eagles Return

The Nigerian gaffer has been offered a new deal of , however, the deal is not yet set as some members of the Sub Committee recommend that a review of the Coach's achievement with the team in previous times be undertaken, also taken into consideration should be his technical decision making ability.

A member of the committeePaul Bassey also advised the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to ensure it has the financial capability to pay the bills of any coach it intends to employ before entering a contract.

Keshi was faulted for some of his technical decisions at the World Cup with regards to player selection; particularly about taking Michael Uchebo, this a new contract with the NFF is set to handle as part of the stipulations include him been sent to Germany for Coaches Refresher Course.

Bassey said

The Big boss had demanded for a 10 Million Naira salary before the South African Football Association(SAFA) decision to make Shakes MashabaBafana Bafana coach a second time after a 2 year spell between 2002-2004.

It was speculated that Keshi would have been paid up to 30 Million Naira a month with SAFA

In his last contract with the NFF, he was promised an official car and house but was not given it. This new contract is expected to cover those 'fringe benefits' he requested for if he would return as coach of the Super Eagles.

The deal could be done in a week's time according to acting NFF president Mike Umeh who has instructed the Technical Committee to settle the coaching matter in seven days.