Nigeria’s coach Stephen Keshi says that there is no room
for fresh legs in the Super Eagles as he will rest his faith in the team
he has been building in the past two years.
Speaking in Abuja, Keshi said that it would be needless to tear an
already established team apart by including fresh faces, just for the
purpose of satisfying the yearnings of ‘some people’.
“We have been trying to build a team since the past two years when I
came on board, so I don’t see any reason why we have to tear the team
apart by looking for newer faces to make some people satisfied,” Keshi
said.
Keshi however added that being a member of the 2013 Nations Cup
winning team does will not be criteria for selection, as he is only
going to select the best legs from the pool of players currently
available in the team.
The former coach of Togo and Mali stated that Nigeria’s World Cup
campaign is not a person assignment, but a national and continent
project, as his team are poised to bring glory to Nigerians and Africans
in general with their performance at the World Cup in Brazil.
“We have a pool of players already on ground, and all that we need to
do is to continue building on that, but it doesn’t mean that if you
were in the team when we won Nations Cup that you must be in the team to
the World Cup.
“If I see anybody better than you, I will take him. Sorry it is not
for me, it is for the country and for Africa because we are going there
to defend Africa, to defend Nigeria and to defend our pride. So there
are a lot of things at stake and I will not negotiate for that,” he
added
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