I left Super Eagles because of Stephen Keshi - Taiye Taiwo

Former Super Eagles player, Taiye Taiwo has said that he left the team because of some dirty displays involving former coach, late Stephen Keshi.

The 35-year old former AC Milan and QPR defender has featured for Nigeria in three Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, competitions and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Taiye Taiwo who debuted for the Super Eagles in 2004 had his last outing in February 2012 against Rwanda.

On his exit from the team, he told Goal: “I am someone who doesn’t want dirty glory, and in my life, I have never been involved in what is not clean, and that was why I packed my bags and left the Super Eagles.

“I can’t work or stay where I see that is dirty because I am serving a clean God, and if I am in an area that is not clean, I will have to leave the place.

“When they appointed Stephen Keshi as a coach, he was acting somehow in which I told myself that it was time for me to leave the Super Eagles.

“I packed my bags, and I told my wife and family that I can’t be involved in dirty deals.”