Christian Chukwu has blamed Stephen Keshi for not
informing the NFF’s Technical Committee of the injury concerns involving some
of the players named in Nigeria’s provisional squad for this summer’s World
Cup.
Speaking at the weekend, Chukwu who is a member of the
Technical Committee stated that it is the responsibility of the coach to
ascertain the level of fitness of his players after the likes of; team captain
Joseph Yobo, Ahmed Musa, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Uche Nwofor were revealed to still
be nursing injuries.
“The coach (Keshi) never informed us that some of the
players are injured and it is not our job to verify the fitness of the
players,” Chukwu who is a former coach of the Super Eagles said.
“We have agreed with him on the list and there is nothing
anybody can do now as the list has been submitted to Fifa. We can only manage a
crisis if there is any.”
The former Enugu Rangers coach and captain was however
optimistic that Stephen Keshi will be able to raise a formidable squad of 23
fit players before June 2, when the final list is expected to be submitted to
Fifa.
“I know we will have 23 fit players to play for us in
Brazil because the coach will ensure they are fit,” he said.
Culled from Kickoffnigeria
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