African Coaching Carousel

Well, things have been quiet on the Mali blog since the Cup of Nations but there is a bit of news to keep our eyes on as we ramp up for World Cup qualifying.

Once again, Stephen Keshi is linked with an African national team as being the next coach to be named. A few weeks ago I was under the impression that Keshi was still the coach of the Togolese team but since then it seems he’s been linked with every West African country except Togo. Ok, that’s an exaggeration. However, it was just a few weeks ago when the Nigerian was the front runner to be named the next coach of the Super Eagles. I personally think the Nigerian FA was foolish to not go with Keshi as their head man but they chose to pass.

Now it appears that the Eagles of Mali are about to name Keshi as their skipper. If they do go with the former Togo boss, then Keshi will have a chance to take a West African country to their first World Cup appearance for the second straight time after accomplishing that feat with Togo in 2006. I think whoever ends up with Keshi will have made a good decision and if it can’t be my boys from Togo than I guess Mali is the next best option.