{"id":11568,"date":"2022-01-06T15:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=11568"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:59:22","slug":"sierra-leone-coach-reveals-squad-selection-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/sierra-leone-coach-reveals-squad-selection-death-threats","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone coach reveals squad selection death threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone coach John Keister says he received death threats prior to naming his squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on Sunday in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old received two threats \u2014 regarding the inclusion of certain players \u2014 a day before announcing his 28-man squad and reported them to police in the west African country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s very, very sad that it has to come to this,\u201d Manchester-born Keister told BBC Sport Africa. \u201cWhatever walk of life you are in, nobody deserves that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keister added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it should get to that point where my life is being threatened because people feel players should be in [the squad] \u2014 and if they are not, this is what they are going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keister featured for several British clubs, including Walsall and non-league Margate, during his playing career and was capped by Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2003.<\/p>\n<p>He is in his second spell as national coach and has led the Leone Stars, ranked 108th in the world, to the tournament finals for the first time since 1996.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come a long way [so] there\u2019s no reason for [the death threats],\u201d added Keister. \u201cI\u2019ve got family, I look after these boys and I have a job to do. It gets me angry and for me, where I have come from and my background, I feel there is something I need to do about it. Regardless of the job, I need to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His squad, including one-time England defender Steven Caulker and former Middlesbrough striker Kei Kamara, 37, will face holders Algeria, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea in Group E at the Nations Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Sierra Leone coach John Keister says he received death threats prior to naming his squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on Sunday in Cameroon. 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