NFF READY TO HOLD TALKS WITH KESHI

The Nigeria Football Federation [NFF], under the acting president Mike Umeh, has said it will start the process of discussing with Stephen Keshi to continue as Super Eagles' head coach.

NFF ready to hold talks with Keshi

The federation stated that it is still ready to work with Keshi and has mandated its technical sub-committee to ensure the process of extending the coach's contract is done in a week.

"The NFF executive committee mandated the technical sub-committee to open channels of communication with Mr Stephen Keshi with a view to extending his contract, as the NFF is still interested in working with him. The technical sub-committee is to report back to the executive committee within one week," stated the football federation.

Keshi is one of the coaches linked to the head coach role of South Africa's Bafana Bafana.

With the NFF seeking to keep Keshi, the federation is also stepping up on securing an international friendly match for the Super Eagles in the coming Fifa window.

The African champions are expected to start their qualifying to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in September and the NFF wants the tune-up match as preparation for the Afcon qualifier.

"The committee mandated the NFF management to proceed with discussions with a number of African countries with a view to the Super Eagles playing a friendly match in the Fifa window of Wednesday, 13th August, 2014, as part of preparations for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches," the NFF said.