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When Stephen Keshi was appointed, I packed my bag and left the Super Eagles - Taiye Taiwo
opera.com May 10, 2020 10:00 PM


The widespread of allegations against Late Stephen Keshi's era as the chief of the Super Eagles of Nigeria has taken a new direction after former AC Milan and QPR left back revealed that he had to leave the National team settings because of some shady deals within the camp.

''I am someone who don't want dirty glory and in my life, I have never been involved in what is not clean and that was why I packed my bags and left the Super Eagles. ''I cannot work or stay where I see that is dirty because I am serving a clean God, and if I am in an area that is not clean, I will have to leave the place. ''When they appointed Stephen Keshi as coach, he was acting someone in which I told my self that it was time for me to leave the Super Eagles. ''I packed my bags and I told my wife and family that I cannot be involved in dirty deals,'' Taiye Taiwo explained. (www.Legit.ng)



This will make it the fourth player to come out and attack the people handling the super Eagles team under Stephen Keshi's era.



Chinedu Obasi was the first to raise a finger of accusation after he said he was asked to bring money before he would make the 2014 world cup squad, the fire had not gone down when former Youth International Emmanuel Sarki alleged that he was asked to bring the sum of $10,000 in other to be invited.

Imoh Ezekiel was the last of the trio to come out as he said he was also asked to pay his way into the main National team despite scoring 22 goals in Belgium in 2013/2014 season.

What's your take on this whole issue?

Are they all being made up or there is an element of truth in these allegations?

From Opera News Hub

somehow:
Obasi use the term "they"
Sarki used the word "they" came to watch me in Poland
"They called me later to ask for money"
"they"can't be used for a single person!

Keshi can't be the sole decider of the choice of players, it's not POSSIBLE in Nigeria.
Do you know what it took Rohr to have such powers (which I still doubt)? Do you think a local coach will have such powers at that time?

For him not wanting a backroom staff, to get such request granted, I am a bit certain he must have let go of a lot of powers to those who employed him.
If Keshi was 100% in charge of picking players, there is no way Amokachi will frame ignorance of this fact!
How can you know he was the one that rejected the backroom staff offer and not know who picked all the players?



Just like all the loots being discovered abroad are being swept under the name of the dead Abacha, criminals and corrupt people in power will prefer Keshi's name is used for this cover-up. Only a dead man can't defend himself. (Not saying he's clean 100% but he can't be the "they" they keep mentioning).

Until we start mentioning names, just like Joebie said, we will keep typing.

Yes, I very much agree to this.

Just 2 corrections to make.

1...How can you know he was the one that rejected the backroom staff offer and not know who picked all the players?

It was Pinnick who said he rejected backroom staffs, not Amokachi. The bull only said he doesn't know the players Keshi picks.

2... All I posted was said when Keshi was alive, in 2014. So this wasn't a case of lying against a dead man

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Bolowolowo:
Looks like Osimhen is staying put for now

https://sempreinter.com/2020/05/10/inter-target-victor-osimhen-snubs-move-to-serie-a-as-he-looks-to-stay-with-lille/

Staying at Lille for now is the best decision trust me

Ligue 1 is already over ,now watch this guy score at least 20 goals in the league next season ,no panicking no pressure and he will develop more then watch so many big teams come for him ,by then will he will be 22/23

Meliforme:

Some folks were saying that a new entrant Iike Ejaria or a prospect like Ebere Eze can bench Iwobi.

As it stands, none of those has what it takes to kick Iwobi to the bench.

I repeat none

Those championship boys won’t bench iwobi

I said what I said

Eizzy003:
NFF grooming Yobo as Super Eagles future coach, says Pinnick
Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has disclosed that the federation appointed Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the Eagles to prepare for a future role of the team’s manager.

Pinnick noted at the weekend that the leadership role displayed by Yobo when he was the captain of the Eagles motivated the NFF to appoint him as a member of the team’s technical crew.

He maintained that Yobo’s appointment would contribute to the development of the Eagles, as the team look ahead to qualify for the 2021 African Cup of Nations and the 2022 World Cup.

“When Yobo was captain of the Super Eagles before he retired, I saw inborn leadership character in him. His charisma and the way he carried other players in the team was exceptional.
“Yobo is a born leader. This is why the federation decided to appoint him as one of the assistants in Super Eagles team.

“We are looking up to Yobo to manage the Super Eagles in future and being part of the team’s technical crew will give him that opportunity to coach the Super Eagles in the nearest future.

“The Late Stephen Keshi was also an exceptional leader when he was the captain of the Super Eagles. He later grew in the coaching job to handle the Super Eagles. Yobo needs to be encouraged.

“This is not the first time a Nigerian retired player would be given this type of opportunity. Yobo’s presence in the Eagles will help the team,” he said.

On Yobo’s lack of the required certificate for the job, Pinnick clarified that “apart from the first assistant in the national team, other coaches that are yet to get coaching licence are allowed to be in the team’s technical set up according to the rules. So, Yobo’s appointment is on track.”

The president also revealed that the federation was working round the clock to raise funds for the Super Eagles’ campaign to qualify for the AFCON and World Cup when hostilities resume after the COVID-19 lockdown.

I just imagine how theyll blend in matchdays.


Yobo: Boss, Etebo is overlapping, can we pull him out to the left more to provide cover......


Rohr: uhmmmm, let's wait and see.

Or

Rohr: (stands at touchline, pretending deaf and dumb)

I didn't say you were the one lying against him, just talking generally bro.

barackodam:



Yes, I very much agree to this.

Just 2 corrections to make.

1...How can you know he was the one that rejected the backroom staff offer and not know who picked all the players?

It was Pinnick who said he rejected backroom staffs, not Amokachi. The bull only said he doesn't know the players Keshi picks.

2... All I posted was said when Keshi was alive, in 2014. So this wasn't a case of lying against a dead man

Subzero047:


1) There is every guarantee that Ejaria will be invited as soon as possible because we are thin in the midfield department

2) Rohr values his regular boys AS LONG AS THEY ARE PLAYING, we saw what happened with Balogun. If Iwobi lacks playing time I'm sure Ejaria will be replacing him

Iwobi doesn’t lack playing time ,he recovered from an injury shortly after Ancelotti arrived

You are thinking a championship player will bench iwobi abi ?

Na here we Dey

daveP:
Taiye Taiwo don join

Wait Taribo?


The spatula wey dey stir this hornets nest eh......

I still wonder how taiwo international career ended so son

Dude stop getting called 8 years ago when he was 27

He was snubbed during his good time with qpr dynamo Kiev and Bursaspor ,we don’t even have better options on that left back ,as far as I am concerned elderson is not even on the level of Taiwo then

Joebie:
If Billing eventually turns out for us and he can translate his club performances to the national team, he would add something we currently lack in midfield. And that is aerial duels. He could prove a good addition. Let's wait and see.

Another comparison with Ndidi from a different stats tool.

Lol

Why this mathematics?

Nigeria
Exclusive- NFF Hands Rohr U17, U20 And U23 Role In New Contract
The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) have handed extra responsibility to coach of the senior national team Gernot Rohr as part of the terms of his new deal, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Rohr is talked in contract extension talks with the NFF with his present deal set to expire in June. He has already accepted the terms of his new deal that includes a reduction in his wages.
A top chief of the NFF revealed that the coach will now monitor closely the other male national team of Nigeria which includes the U17, U20 and U23 team. He will also have an input in the B team of the Super Eagles made up of home base players.
“The new terms is for the good of all. He will henceforth visit and monitor all youth teams as he will be based in Nigeria for most part of the year. In his new capacity he will also have a large role to play in the CHAN team to ease the transition of players to the main team”, he said.
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” Rohr is keen on the idea and he didn’t make any amends to that aspect of the proposal sent to him. He will work and supervise the coaches and sometimes pass instructions to the players during training and maybe games”, he concluded.

andrewbaba44:


I still wonder how taiwo international career ended so son

Dude stop getting called 8 years ago when he was 27

He was snubbed during his good time with qpr dynamo Kiev and Bursaspor ,we don’t even have better options on that left back ,as far as I am concerned elderson is not even on the level of Taiwo then

taiwo, mikel snd few others were black listed by keshi immediately he took over the team. After noticing the importance of mikel he was recalled while taiwo insisted he will never beg keshi to recall him to the teaml

Odegbami: I Choose To Be Foolish – Let Gernot Rohr Go!


138  May 8, 2020 3:18 pm
This week I was in the clinic for an ‘emergency’ check-up. My Blood Pressure rapidly headed northwards!
Professor Akinyanju told me as soon as he checked me that it should never be reported that the Enough Ambassador for Africa, NCD, Champion of ‘Exercise is Medicine’ in Nigeria, and a consultant to the Nigerian Heart Foundation, fell to Stroke.
I understood immediately what he meant. It was a wake-up call

For three days in this past one week ‘sleep’ and I were enemies. The anxiety created by the endless news of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world was taking a toll.

I was frustrated and depressed by the absence of clarity about the ‘killing’ virus as I surfed from one news channel to another.
In Nigeria, the situation is even worse and more frustrating. The only thing that is clear is that we are
sitting ducks considering our situation and our reactions to what even the most advanced countries are struggling to understand and stop as they continue to lose lives in tens of thousands.
So, to survive this, we must find and take our future and actions in our own hands.

There is an inevitability about certain things now. The pandemic has arrived on our shores and we are unprepared for it. So, we are on our own in the world to solve our problem or perish. The numbers have started to mount in deaths.

So, I left the clinic knowing I had to reduce my ‘relationship’ with the new media that was raising my blood pressure.
I decided it was time to put on my thinking cap, to recalibrate my mind and to begin to draw inspiration from outside the conventional box. I shall now put my trust in the simple and practical things that take their source from the rich reservoir of local knowledge, history, traditions and values of my people, that gave rise to my vision some two years ago when I campaigned to become governor of Ogun State.
So, what is that?

I start to look for the brighter side of this pandemic, if there is one. I start to look beneath the darkness for the treasures that lie in the unfathomed caves of vast natural resources lying just beneath our feet all over Africa, at the still-virgin environments and luxuriant vegetation, at the deep throve of African human capacity outside the continent building advanced cultures, at local knowledge and research products appearing in Madagascar, Senegal, Ghana and other African communities being disregarded deliberately by the West for their own purpose but which can serve us.
I start looking forward to the ‘tomorrow’ after Covid-19 (it will remain with the world for some time to come, we are told). That ‘tomorrow’ will usher in a new order of things in the world. Nothing will be the way it was till now. I can start now to live in my political vision of the emergence of a new Black consciousness and civilization in a new world led by Nigeria, with its epicenter in Ogun State. Post-covid-19?

The emerging picture recalibrates my mind and body, and takes me away from the negativity of the present to a new place in the nearest future, removing my anxiety and beginning to feed my creative spirit and heal me physically, mentally and spiritually.
I now choose to look at Nigeria’s ‘loss’ of its economic mainstay and its bane, oil, as a blessing in disguise. I turn my mind towards the vast untapped (or stolen) reserves of the world’s most important other minerals lying buried in the ground underneath our feet all over the African continent.

I turn my mind to the now-inevitable return to Africa of its well-trained sons and daughters, the largest pool of the most educated persons on earth, human capacity across all disciplines now scattered in major Western capitals. I start to see the possibility of a rich Black diaspora population eager to return home as a consequence of what they went through in foreign countries that refuse to shed their cloak of racism during this pandemic. I see a return of Blacks to their roots and motherland, to settle and to invest, to strategically and smartly deploy their acquired expertise in new science and technology to redesign and sensibly rebuild a new Africa that will not chase the West but create and nurture a new environment. Nature will smile ‘happily’ on Africa as the last un-spoilt frontier and hasten the continent’s recovery even from the current coronavirus pandemic.

Now, I chose to be foolish. I shall explore the Coronavirus local remedies found in Madagascar, in Ghana, in Sierra Leone, and other places, but deliberately underrated and disregarded by the West and Eastern scientists, to provide new possibilities of succor for Africans. There is nothing to lose by looking internally and researching local options.
I even chose to be ‘foolish’ on the matter of Nigerian football. I shall address the issue of NFF chieftains about to renew the contract of German coach Gernot Rohr. I shall disregard what the promoters of Gernot Rohr are saying that no Nigerian coach is qualified enough to handle the national football team of the country even after the German had failed in his years as manager to deliver on the soft mandates given to him. To think this way is disrespectful and denigrating to all Black people.

To imagine that the German is now willing to accept new conditions deliberately designed for him to reject, means there is more to the whole matter than meets the eye, or he knows the value of the Super Eagles’ job more than his Nigerian bosses do. Is it because he loves the country more than Nigerians?
Who really loves the Nigerian? Covid-19 pandemic has become an eye-opener.
So, I choose to be foolish on the matter of Gernot Rohr. Let him go ‘jeje’ with his ‘superior’ knowledge of football and serve elsewhere.

We forget our history and the capacity of Nigerians to succeed. In 1968, for example, at the Mexico Olympic Games , a Nigerian, according to some people the best Nigerian player of all time, Teslim
Thunder Balogun, coached the Green Eagles that played against the greatest football nation on earth at the time, Brazil, to a pulsating, well-earned 3-3 draw. That’s over half a Century ago!

The surviving members of the 1973 All-Africa Games Green Eagles that won the Gold medal can testify that brain behind that victory was another great former ex-international player, Captain and then assistant coach of the team, Mr. Dan Anyiam, a very intelligent, eloquent, well-trained and educated coach.
The exploits of Stephen Keshi of recent years as a coach are unmatched by any coach local or foreign in our entire history.
Are these not Nigerians?
If we had continued in the trajectory of using the best trained Nigerians as our national coaches, inviting foreign coaches without pedigree to handle their national team in concession to their ‘superiority’ would not arise in 2020.

Gernot Rohr has done his bit and collected his wages. Every month he was paid $50,000 Dollars? Who earns that kind of money for the amount of work he did in the years of his stay in Nigeria? It is ludicrous.
What did he really do? Did he win any international trophies for Nigeria? Did he impact the Nigerian league and domestic players in any way? Did he train any Nigerian coaches to be able to take over from him? The longest time he stayed with the national team for any stretch was a maximum of four weeks, twice in the 4 years of his expiring contract – before and during the World Cup in 2018, and before AFCON in 2019. Every other time all he did was assemble players from Europe two days to a match, selected his lineup for the match and returned to his paid ‘vacation’. Which Nigerian coach worth any salt cannot do what he did for Nigeria? Is that what anyone should earn $50,000 Dollars a month for?

Even the scouting for Nigerian-born players in Europe that constitute a large percentage of Gernot Rohr ‘s team presently is done by a hardworking Nigerian man, Tunde Adelakun, we are told.

Now with Covid-19 and its economic consequences, no one should even be thinking of expending unavailable foreign exchange for a job Nigerians can handle and that does not require rocket science, period. To suggest a wage-cut is even annoying. Was the size of his wage the reason for his failure?

We are entering a new phase in the ongoing War of global Civilizations. No African should promote color or racial superiority in African football. No Nigerian dares do so at this point.

So, I choose to be foolish. I shall thank Gernot Rohr for what the good services he has rendered and release him. I shall get one of our own qualified sons, and sink or swim with him into that emerging new world order beyond Covid-19.

I’m Under Pressure For Exposing Cash For Spots In 2014 Super Eagles – Obasi Cries Out As Twitter Suspends His Account


Former Nigeria international Chinedu Obasi says he has been felling the heat of speaking out on being asked to pay before he will be given a spot in the senior national team of Nigeria for the 2014 World Cup which took place in Brazil.

Obasi said he was asked to pay some amount before he will be considered for a spot but he declined and hence was left out of the team despite having a better season than some players who finally made the team to the tournament.

“I was playing for Schalke, I was playing in the Champions League and I was doing well. It was a friendly game going to South Africa 2010. Two days before the list came out, I was asked to pay some money if I want to be in the team”, he told Kelechi Bernard on an interview hosted on Instagram.
According to the forward who is now at Sweden side AIK he hasn’t found it easy since making the revelations as he has been placed under huge pressure via phone calls and social media interactions.

Already his twitter account @Eduobasi has been suspended for violations which he claimed he knew nothing about. No doubt he has touched a very sensitive area that most have refuse to speak on despite suffering from it and he is feeling the heat already.

Rohr: Do You Really Need Ebere Eze In The Super Eagles?
A week ago, we spent an afternoon in my favourite forum debating if Nigeria still needs Eberechi Eze, the QPR break out player of the season , in the English championship.

It was a heated conversation. We even got down to asking the obvious question, if he decides to play for Nigeria, who drops out for him? I was of the opinion that we should get Eze and drop Etebo.
After giving this topic another thought. I have a different opinion on the whole issue. Our desire to get Eze has mostly been driven by how much we miss the mesmerizing skills displayed by former Super Eagles captain, JayJay Okocha (so good they named him twice).

He was a marvel to behold and a lot of us still crave such artistic displays in our midfield. Okocha operated usually as the only central and attacking midfielder with minimal defensive duties while Sunday Oliseh mopped up behind him in the sole DM role in a 4-4-2. But football has long evolved from that.

Gernot Rohr, the current manager of the Super Eagles in a recent interview described the way the Nigerian national team plays. He emphasized that the team is young and they like to use their speed to recover the ball and quickly attack using fast wingers and fast forwards. Speed of reaction is very important.

If we are to take Rohr’s words seriously, I suggest that we pay particular attention to the changes brought on since Afcon and how he set up his team in that defining friendly against Ukraine.
Let’s take a closer look at the key changes. In attack we play with Kalu, a fast winger who sometime this season led European top 5 leagues in the dribble completed percentage. Victor Osimhen is the breakout star in French Ligue Un.
For the Super Eagles, he has taken to life as a 9, as a fish to water. He doesn’t only score goals (4 in his last 4) but makes defenders pay by setting up his teammates with assists when double teamed. Samuel Chukwueze is always a beneficiary of such intelligent passes.


He can break down teams as well, as powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid have found out. This frontline has pace, power, guile and enough menace. You only need to take one look at the top 9 to know that they fear nobody.

In midfield, the key addition is Joe Aribo. He is the connecting dot. He can pass, dribble, carry the ball and drive deep into the opposite defence and can shoot. Aribo’s quick thinking allows balls retrieved to be turned immediately into attack with the help of Alex Iwobi(in the top 10 in playing through passes in the EPL). Wilfred Ndidi (Mr tackle or “Energy” as John Ogu refers to him) is a big reason why Nigeria recovers so many balls.

This year, Brendan Rodgers simplified his duties by simply asking him to get the ball and drop it off with the closest free teammate. Ndidi leads Leceister in player most involved in moves that lead to goals.
Should we change this. NO. Rohr should continue to harness the best out of this trio. How does Rohr improve on this? To change things up a bit when we need goals, I suggest we copy Leicester and bring in Kelechi Iheanacho. We move Iwobi into left forward so we can still use his excellent combination play (the quick one twos) to set up Kelechi and Osimhen. Oghenekaro Etebo(speed and hustle) and Dennis Emmanuel (quick and superb finisher) can both be brought on as support strikers who can also play behind the main striker as options to Iheanacho.
I prefer Etebo further up the pitch as a recipient of passes and not the player making the passes. If we need to run out the clock or hold on to a lead, Ovie Ejaria is the man. His excellent ball control means he wont lose the ball and can thread through passes through the tightest defences. He can up the pace or slow the game down. Billing can add some steel to our midfield. I suggest he is used as the back up as to Ndidi

Getting Eze, does not mean we go back to playing like the 90s Super Eagles. Eze can play as a 10 (AM) in our team but he is most effective with 2 hard working midfielders behind him. He has improved his work ethic and decision making this season.
He has a good eye for the pass but his biggest assets are dribbling and shooting. Is he a better shooter than Iwobi, YES. Having him behind Osimhen immediately increases our scoring chances. But Iwobi has the superior link up play. Conundrum? Can we play them together? Iwobi releases the ball quickly, will Eze slow the counter?

In conclusion, we are a good side and can get better with more games together. I suggest Rohr keeps this starting lineup, maybe add Saka to LB(if we get him). His speed and crosses down the left will allow Iwobi to move in closer to the box where his link up play can cause havoc. Adding Wolfsburg Felix Uduokhai improves our ability to build up play from the back.

I welcome to Super Eagles Kingsle Ehizibue, he can make that Right back position his. Ola Aina and Tyrone Ebuehi may have something to say about that. Eze can be an option off the bench in the attacking midfield position. It will be interesting watching how Eze who is already friendly with Iwobi adjusts to playing with Iwobi in the lineup.
We do not need to make wholesale changes to a winning team. For now, bring on Iheanacho, or Ovie Ejaria off the bench.


S Madu Tudeme writes in from London

sheyishemba:
Nigeria
Exclusive- NFF Hands Rohr U17, U20 And U23 Role In New Contract
The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) have handed extra responsibility to coach of the senior national team Gernot Rohr as part of the terms of his new deal, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Rohr is talked in contract extension talks with the NFF with his present deal set to expire in June. He has already accepted the terms of his new deal that includes a reduction in his wages.
A top chief of the NFF revealed that the coach will now monitor closely the other male national team of Nigeria which includes the U17, U20 and U23 team. He will also have an input in the B team of the Super Eagles made up of home base players.
“The new terms is for the good of all. He will henceforth visit and monitor all youth teams as he will be based in Nigeria for most part of the year. In his new capacity he will also have a large role to play in the CHAN team to ease the transition of players to the main team”, he said.
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” Rohr is keen on the idea and he didn’t make any amends to that aspect of the proposal sent to him. He will work and supervise the coaches and sometimes pass instructions to the players during training and maybe games”, he concluded.

They want to finish Rohr with responsibilities. NFF are just being lazy to work. Who is suppose to revive our league and reorganize our youth teams? Is it Rohr? I will not be surprised if they add U17 Flamingos, U20 Falconets and Super Falcons to his job. This was the reason why he must reside in Nigeria.

charlesemeka85:
taiwo, mikel snd few others were black listed by keshi immediately he took over the team. After noticing the importance of mikel he was recalled while taiwo insisted he will never beg keshi to recall him to the teaml

Lol , i just love taiwo

Mikel is a fan favorite so it will be hard to kick him out, taiwo dont doesnt care and not interested as far as keshi is involved

Taiwo should have played at the 2014 world cup at least

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Is the handling of the U17, U20 and U23 in Rohr's contract or was it later added?

Ibe now wants to play for SE, how the mighty has fallen �

mkrest:
Ibe now wants to play for SE, how the mighty has fallen �

Him no get choice na...no more England chance @ age 24 but unfortunately for him,d guy rôle is filled up...he can try musa wing sha

lol

mkrest:
Ibe now wants to play for SE, how the mighty has fallen �

elyte89:



Him no get choice na...no more England chance @ age 24 but unfortunately for him,d guy rôle is filled up...he can try musa wing sha

What do we want to use Ibe do, as a ball boy or what?

elyte89:



Him no get choice na...no more England chance @ age 24 but unfortunately for him,d guy rôle is filled up...he can try musa wing sha

We don’t need him

The same Ibe someone was praising here very recently, for refusing to bow to pressure in wanting to play for Nigeria?


Wonders......

elyte89:

Nwakali, seriously?

soetanoreoluwa:
Dear ChrisKels, please kindly remove the account number of the beneficiary of Komekn gesture from nairaland for security purpose. Thanks.

Done bro. Thanks

mkrest:
Ibe now wants to play for SE, how the mighty has fallen �

He was never a "mighty", he has always been a mere average player or a prospect.

barackodam:
The same Ibe someone was praising here very recently, for refusing to bow to pressure in wanting to play for Nigeria?


Wonders......

Lol but he didnt bow to pressure, he rather bowed to our middle finger, because we no send him again