Keshi wants to coach Nigeria

Togo coach Stephen Keshi wants to take charge of Nigeria one day

Togo's Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi has told BBC Sport that he would like to coach the Super Eagles in the future.

Keshi has just helped Togo qualify for their first ever World Cup finals, by winning Group One of the African qualifiers ahead of the likes of Senegal, Zambia and Mali.

The former Super Eagles captain has already had a spell as an assistant coach with Nigeria, helping them to reach the African Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002 as well as the World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea.

When asked by BBC Sport if he would like to coach Nigeria Keshi replied: "One day in the future yes, why not?"

"Working for Nigeria is in my blood. If they meet my demands then we can talk.

"They need to meet my personal demands and give me the room to do my job, with nobody telling me what to do because we are fond of doing that in Nigeria.

"I'm a professional and I want success for the team and I need to do what I want to do to make sure the team wins.

Keshi is also upset that Nigeria will not be at the World Cup finals in Germany next year.

"Nigeria has an abundance of players but the organisation is very, very poor.

"It's a shame I feel so bad that they didn't qualify because the likes of Joseph Yobo, who is a very good player, won't have the chance play at the World Cup as well as Obafemi Martins and so on."