Keshi did not take lightly to the request by Saintfiet that FIFA should move the September 7 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Malawi away from Calabar sighting insecurity as the reason.
Keshi angrily attacked Saintfiet and called him a white dude, who should go back to Belgium, a statement labeled as racist by the Malawi coach.
The statement has been widely reported by the international press but Keshi is saying he has been misrepresented. He said no hurt was intended as he was only defending his country.
“I was just standing up for my country when someone tries to make insinuations that it is not a safe place,” the Afcon winning captain and coach for Nigeria told supersport.com.
“I have nothing against Sainfiet, he was in Nigeria recently and we shook hands and had a few things we discussed. I just was very unhappy that a man who last year was prepared to work for Nigeria with a four year contract can all of a sudden start to describe the place as ‘unsafe’ so am not having that.”
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