Keshi says Nigeria offered him "slave contract"

Coach Stephen Keshi has
said a new deal offered him by
Nigeria amounted to a "slave
contract". A debate has raged whether 52-
year-old Keshi should be given a
new contract after he failed to
qualify the Super Eagles for the
recent Africa Cup of Nations in
Equatorial Guinea.

His initial contract of three years
ran out after last year's World
Cup in Brazil, where Nigeria
reached the last 16 knockout
stages. After a long wait, Keshi, who
triumphed with Nigeria at the
2013 Africa Cup of Nations, said
he had received his new contract from the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF), but had been far from impressed
with what was on offer.

"From the clauses I have seen so
far, I don't know what words to
use but the contract can be
described as a 'slave contract'",
he said, probably in reference to
clauses which make him answerable to several persons
and committees.

It was learnt that Keshi has now
been offered a two-year contract effective from March 1,
2015 with him to meet several
targets or else the deal was off. He is also required to sign a code
of conduct.

Keshi himself revealed that he
will be paid five million Naira (less
than $25,000), which was what
he also received during his initial
contract. This week, the former Togo and Mali coach lost out to Franco-
German Gernot Rohr in the race
to handle Burkina Faso.

In March, Nigeria are billed to
play two friendly matches
against Bolivia and Ghana.