Former Nigerian manager, Christian Chukwu has passionately asked Super Eagles caretaker coach, Stephen Keshi to honourably take a walk.
The Eagles were handed a shock 0-1 defeat by Sudan's Falcons of Jediane in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match at the Municipal Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan.
Forward, Bakeber Bakri scored the match winner in the 42nd minute to hand his side the three points.
Nigeria now sit at the base of Group A in the 2015 Afcon qualification on one point, Sudan move to the third spot while South Africa are the new leaders on seven points followed by Congo on six points.
Still shell-shocked over the unexpected Eagles’ defeat in the hands of Sudan, Chukwu said Keshi does not need to wait any longer but take the exit option.
“This is football for you, Keshi won the 2013 Afcon title and took us to the Fifa World Cup in Brazil and everyone was completely happy.
“Now that he has not done well so far in the qualifiers to the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Nigerians definitely won’t be happy with him.
“When Samson Siasia didn’t qualify Nigeria for the 2012 Afcon he was fired so Keshi knows what to expect from his employer with this painful defeat.
“Keshi has no contract at the moment so there is nothing anybody will lose, I think he knows exactly what to expect though that decision is left with the NFF.
“That’s how the coaching job is, ups and downs. At one point you’re a hero and at another time you become a villain.
“Though I was not available to watch the match but defeat was the last thing I expected, I’m deeply shocked to learn that it’s over for us as far as Maroc 2015 Afcon is concerned,” said the former Harambee Stars coach to supersport.com.
Chukwu voiced his preference for a restart of another rebuilding process with 100% domestic players.
“The Maroc 2015 Afcon blackout means we’ve to start all over to organise our team using the home based players as foundation of our team.
“I’m sure Sudan won’t have beaten us if we had used entirely home-based players, so this is the right time for us to come back home, scout for quality players and build up on them.
“I think there is no hunger or competition among the foreign-based players, there is nothing they’re offering us at the moment.
“Let’s have the home-based players as foundation of our new look Super Eagles, I’m sure the Sudanese side that defeated us would have paraded up to 80% domestic players.
“Of course, the coaching crew that will handle the new assignment is for the Nigeria Football Federation to decide,” said the former Nigerian defender.
The Eagles will host the Sudanese side in a reverse fixture of the 2015 Afcon qualifiers on Wednesday at the Abuja National Stadium.
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