No player can bribe me – Keshi

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi yesterday has rebuked claims that he has been corrupted by bribes to field some players and therefore leave some others out.

Answering question yesterday at the Tom Tom Media Roundtable with journalist,

Villarreal striker, Ikechukwu Uche exclusion from the national team was the main topic.

The Villarreal striker is having the season of his life in Spain but has been overlooked by Keshi.

Keshi had spent most of his time answering questions concerning the Ike Uche and Osaze issue but was visibly stunned when a reporter asked him that he possibly refused to invite Uche because the player refused to let him manage him.

Keshi first immediately asked for the reporters name and then advanced to say: ‘’Before these players started playing football, I’ve made my money. They cannot give me money to satisfy my hunger.

In the past, other coaches did it. I, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi can’t be bribed. You can’t bribe me. There is nothing you can use to entice me. Many rich people come to me with money to influence calling their wards or playing them. I shunned them. Equatorial Guinea promised to pay me more money than what Nigeria is paying me.

The most important thing to me is coaching the Super Eagles. Bringing joy to so many millions of Nigerians is my ultimate joy. I was with Ike Uche in South Africa during the African Cup of Nations in South Africa.

I have no personal grudge against him. He is a good player. But not all good players play for their national team. If you are not a team player, you can’t play for me. Nobody has money to buy me because I’m well by God’s grace’’.