Brazil 2014: Super Eagles players can bring wives, fiancées – Keshi

The NFF had advised against wives and girlfriends.
The members of the Super Eagles will be allowed to bring their wives as well as fiancées to the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
The head coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, stated his assent at a media parley in Lagos.
The Eagles gaffer, however, suggested that he may not welcome those not married and without fiancées frolicking around with their girlfriends as he was not sure of the players managing the situation properly.
“Players can bring their wives and fiancées to the World Cup. But I don’t know about girlfriends,” he stated.
Earlier in the year, Keshi had been advised by the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, not to allow wives and girlfriends into the Super Eagles camp as it may cause some form of distraction.
“It is important for the coach to maintain a serious environment during the World cup as allowing wives and girlfriends may affect the performance of the team. If he wants to get the full complement of his squad or the starting eleven for each game then he should not allow such in camp. Nigeria is not ripe enough to afford the players such opportunities,” said the spokesperson for the technical committee, Paul Bassey.
While the NFF may not be in tandem with Keshi, Italy’s national team coach, Cesare Prandelli, is also an advocate of letting players have access to their wives, girlfriends and family members during the summer World Cup in Brazil.
According to the former Florentina coach, the system of denying players the right to their family members at big tournaments, in the past, had not produced desired results. In this light, the Azzuri boss said he on his part will allow his players have access to their loved ones in Brazil.
“As far as the families go, wives, girlfriends and children will be allowed,” Prandelli told Tuttosport. “The players will be free to bring the people closest to them, it’s the modern way. The children and the families will help to lighten the mood. Other national teams don’t allow this but it has not worked in the past.”