Sierra Leone head coach John Keister has revealed death threats were sent to him prior to naming his final squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Keister disclosed that he reported the matter to the police after receiving two threats โ regarding the inclusion of certain players โ a day before announcing his 28-msn squad.
โI think itโs very, very sad that it has to come to this,โ Keister told BBC Sport Africa.
โWhatever walk of life you are in, nobody deserves that.
โI donโt think it should get to that point where my life is being threatened because people feel players should be in [the squad] โ and if they are not, this is what they are going to do.โ
Keister โ who played for Sierra Leone senior national team between 2000 to 2002 โ qualified the West African for Afcon for the first time since 1996, picking a ticket alongside Nigeria in Group L that boast Benin Republic and Lesotho.
โWe have come a long way [so] thereโs no reason for [the death threats],โ he continued.
โIโve 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.
โRegardless of the job, I need to do something about it.โ
The Leone Stars are zoned in Group E with reigning African champions Algeria, Cote dโIvoire and Equatorial Guinea.
They will begin their campaign on January 11 against the Desert Foxes at the Japoma Stadium in Douala.
