Kanu Hails Former Teammate Keshi

Former Nigerian skipper Nwankwo Kanu has expressed confidence in former teammatea and present coach of the Super Eagles Stephen Keshi.

Kanu is currently in Brazil as a representative pf the Nigeria Football Federation and was in a chat with FIFA

He said: "Yeah, we support him (Keshi), we know what he can do. He has done it in the Africa Cup of Nations but he still has to do it this time round. It's good to see him, a former captain, become the coach, a player who appeared at the World Cup now leading his side at the tournament again.

"We used to call him the 'big boss' [laughs]. He is the big one who makes the decisions and we as the young ones had to respect that and follow him. But the good thing with him was that he had influence and I think he is showing that again with the way he is leading the national team.

"When [Keshi] came in, he said we need to build a team and before we knew it we had won the Nations Cup and now we are in the World Cup, so I think the work is in progress," Kanu who retired from the National team after a 17 years playing career with 87 appearances and 12 goals stated concerning coach Stephen Keshi.