New Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has picked former Eagles defender Sylvanus Okpala as his assistant, along with Ike Shorunmu as goalkeeper trainer.

‘Quick Silver’ Okpala, 50, was an all-action fullback, who featured for Enugu Rangers and also played professionally in Portugal.

He was a member of the 1980 Africa Nations Cup-winning squad and was an international between 1979 and 1988.

He has been very much involved in the Nigeria Premier League as a scout and also handled his former team Enugu Rangers as well as Enyimba.

“There has been a lot of lobbying by coaches to work with Keshi, but he has finally settled for Okpala with Ike Shorunmu as goalkeeper trainer. His other assistant is Daniel Amokachi,” a top source informed MTNFootball.com

Interestingly, Amokachi, declared after last year’s World Cup in South Africa that he was fed up being an assistant coach.