Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi has closed the door on striker Ikechukwu Uche for the World Cup, saying he lacks tactical discipline.
This was what Keshi had to say on the matter :
“Ike Uche's problem is not knowing how to play football,his problem is that he wants to dictate how we play in the Eagles national team, he wants to tell us the system we’re playing is not good.
"He has a very bad habit, that if you put him in the game he does not play to instructions and he did that in the final of AFCON against Burkina Faso, he almost cost us.
“Again he did that against Zambia, in the second match when Ambrose was given a red card. What we told him to do, he was doing the opposite."
Keshi added:"when you don't respect your teammates and the team, then there is no point. I know he cannot do that in his club, then why do it in the national team? "I don't think I need a player like that in the team."
Keshi has also ruled out injured striker Bright Dike from the World Cup in June.
Toronto FC striker Dike injured his Achilles tendon in training and last week successfully underwent surgery.
"It was a very sad news," stated Keshi,
"He is a great kid and it’s sad he sustained the injury which will keep him out of the World Cup proper not just the Mexico friendly."
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