After the vs match I have read/heard commentaries about the coach, players with references to past coaches/players. Westerhof came up &so did others. What caught my attention though were some radio commentaries that mentioned Keshi #Naija #football @CalvinEmeka @acl_sports

It occurred to me that younger folks do not really understand the full import of #Keshi vis-a-vis football in Nigeria. Younger folks (DSTV era fans) mention Kanu or Mikel a lot. Yes they won more laurels in club football, AFCON and Olympic medals in some cases as well.

To understand how #Keshi was lord of the manor football wise in is to have lived the 80s & understand how nigh impossible it was to play abroad. To do so well that he then had the influence to open up Europe to footballers and SSA in a new way was unprecedented

To understand Keshi’s influence or how big he was is to understand what football was in Europe pre-Bosman & understand that the chasm between a Madrid & Anderlecht was not as wide as it is 2day. Understand that in those days there were no FIFA rules about releasing players

And witness how Keshi was so important to Anderlecht and Nigeria that we had to share him at Maroc 88 with a plane waiting to take him back to Brussels after some matches. To understand that Anderletch was an European giant in those days. Do we go to Strasbourg and his impact?

As a coach one of only two players (I believe) to win the nations cup as player and coach. Nigeria to World Cup, Togo to qualify for the World Cup (their only appearance). Of course! these tweets do not do justice to the influence the man had on football in