Keshi picks Okpala, Shorunmu as assistants

NEW Super Eagles' coach, Stephen Keshi has picked former Eagles defender, Sylvanus Okpala as his assistant, along with Ike Shorunmu as goalkeeper trainer.Okpala, 50, also known as was an all-action fullback, who featured for Enugu Rangers and also played professionally in Portugal.He was a member of the 1980 Africa Nations Cup-winning squad and was an international between 1979 and 1988.He has been very much involved in the Nigeria Premier League as a scout and also handled his former team Enugu Rangers as well as Enyimba.'There has been a lot of lobbying by coaches to work with Keshi, but he has finally settled for Okpala with Ike Shorunmu as goalkeeper trainer. His other assistant is Daniel Amokachi,' a top source informed MTNFootball.comInterestingly, Amokachi, had previously declared after last year's World Cup in South Africa that he is fed up being an assistant coach.
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