Out of contract Stephen Keshi is one of three names on the shortlist to become Burkina Faso’s new manager, the Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF) said on Wednesday.
Also in the hunt to succeed Paul Put are ex-Ghana coach, Milovan Rajevac, and former Gabon and Niger boss, Gernot Rohr.
“The FBF plans to name the successful candidate within three weeks,” a federation statement read.
Belgian Put stood down after a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Equatorial Guinea.
Runners-up in the 2013 finals in South Africa, the Stallions crashed out in the group stage of the 2015 tournament, won by Ivory Coast.
Keshi, 53, is out of work after failing to agree a new deal with Nigeria which he took to continental glory in 2013 against Burkina Faso.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has given condition for which he will be offered a new contract.
Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Felix Anyansi Agwu, has hinted that Keshi must be ready to comply with the football House’s term of reference if he hopes to continue as the national team handler.
The technical committee recently recommended a renewal of contract for Keshi as the senior national team head coach but Anyansi said many things would still have to be taken into consideration for things to work smoothly.
“We are not recommending that Keshi should get the job on the platter but that he must abide by the term of reference he would be given,” Anyansi told Goal.com
“We don’t want Nigerian football to suffer and hence our decision to recommend that Keshi continues from where he stopped for continuity sake.
“There is still a long road to his appointment and he must show in all sincerity that he wants the job.”
