Wenger to brush up Keshi

Pinnick is now hoping another Frenchman, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, can push Keshi to greater heights.
“We’ve had a word and Arsene will be ready to take him in sometime in July,” said Pinnick, who formerly led the regional Delta State Football Association.
“We are also looking at talking to other Premier League clubs and clubs in Germany to look at the various techniques – to see how we can grow and put these techniques into play whenever Keshi is playing a game.”
The NFF’s decision to reappoint Keshi as coach was a controversial one, with many fans having demanded his exit after South Africa and Congo qualified for the 2015 Nations Cup above them.
“Some guy called me and said ‘we’ll do this to you if you don’t get Keshi out’ while another guy said ‘he’s a hero and one of only two men to win the Nations Cup as a player and a coach,” said Pinnick.
He also said a shortage of funds prevented Nigeria from aiming for a top-quality coach, with the NFF’s long-term ambitions set very high.
“The truth is, we don’t live in the clouds. We are not just going to get any foreign manager in the form of, may be, a Wenger or a Jose Mourinho. That costs money and right now, we don’t have that kind of money.”
Pinnick also pointed to Keshi’s success with local players, six of whom formed part of the 2013 Nations Cup squad (the most in over two decades).
One of them, Sunday Mba, scored the winner in the final itself.
“Keshi is an apostle of the local players. So, we decided to say ‘okay, let’s see how we can build his capacity and use the technical study group'”