Coach had offers – Agent
Stephen Keshi had concrete offers from two PSL clubs, his agent, Tim Sukazi, has revealed, the Star reports.
The Big Boss suffered cardiac arrest while in Benin in the early hours of Wednesday. He’d become the subject of growing speculation that he would take over from Eric Tinkler at Orlando Pirates.
Sukazi said, “We are saddened that we did not get to fulfill our ambitions and dreams for such a high calibre coach… Since Keshi joined us in May, we had been working tirelessly to get him a job and I can confirm that he was offered a role of a technical director at one club and a coaching role at another.
“There was no truth to reports in Nigeria that he was going to coach Pirates because that club had no coaching vacancy. But would Keshi have been interested? Absolutely. I was asked to be discreet by the interested clubs and even after his death, I will continue to do so … he was definitely going to be coaching in the PSL in the new season.”
Sukazi also revealed that he was due to speak to Keshi on Wednesday – the day the former Togo national team coach died – to forge ahead with plans to secure his immediate future.
Keshi had been unattached since his contract with Nigeria was not renewed on June 2015.
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