A response to a mail sent by SportingLife from the organization’s
media department on Tuesday acknowledged receipt of the report. The
date it was received was not stated in the mail.
“We can confirm that we have received a complaint on the said matter,” the mail read.
FIFA however declined to offer further comments until the matter is finally thrashed.
“But please understand that we cannot comment any further at this stage,” FIFA said.
Although the matter is being investigated, FIFA may act on it owing to its policy of fairness and fairplay.
SportingLife gathered from an official of the Nigeria Football Federation that they were awaiting FIFA’s reaction.
“I am very sure that FIFA just got the report since it was last week that the Malawian coach threatened to report Keshi. FIFA will certainly get back to us as the football federation. But like Keshi had said, he meant no harm when he called Saintfiet a “white dude”. As far as he was concerned, it was not a racist attack,” said the official.
Report on BBC Sports says the Africa Cup of Nations winner disagreed with Saintfied over his request that next week’s World Cup qualifier between both countries be moved from Calabar to another venue owing to security reasons.
Keshi followed up his reaction on UK-based African TV show, Vox Africa’s Sports360, by saying: -I think the coach of Malawi is crazy. “If he wants to talk to FIFA, he should go back to Belgium. He is not an African person, he is a white dude, he should go back to Belgium, ‘’ Keshi said.
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FIFA however declined to offer further comments until the matter is finally thrashed.
“But please understand that we cannot comment any further at this stage,” FIFA said.
Although the matter is being investigated, FIFA may act on it owing to its policy of fairness and fairplay.
SportingLife gathered from an official of the Nigeria Football Federation that they were awaiting FIFA’s reaction.
“I am very sure that FIFA just got the report since it was last week that the Malawian coach threatened to report Keshi. FIFA will certainly get back to us as the football federation. But like Keshi had said, he meant no harm when he called Saintfiet a “white dude”. As far as he was concerned, it was not a racist attack,” said the official.
Report on BBC Sports says the Africa Cup of Nations winner disagreed with Saintfied over his request that next week’s World Cup qualifier between both countries be moved from Calabar to another venue owing to security reasons.
Keshi followed up his reaction on UK-based African TV show, Vox Africa’s Sports360, by saying: -I think the coach of Malawi is crazy. “If he wants to talk to FIFA, he should go back to Belgium. He is not an African person, he is a white dude, he should go back to Belgium, ‘’ Keshi said.
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