Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Nigeria manager Stephen Keshi has vowed never to invite Ikechukwu Uche to the national team again so long as he remains the coach.<br /><br />And Keshi has claimed that the Villarreal striker was in the 24 - man squad list shortlisted for the African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Congo and South Africa, only to rule himself out of the final roster released by his actions.<br /><br />&ldquo;This will be the last time I will speak about Ike Uche and I will not speak about him again, we are not quarreling. <br /><br />&ldquo;Before the match against Congo, I gave them the list because I never thought I will come back to handle the team. <br /><br />&ldquo;I told them I will not do the list because I am not your coach they say no, so I did the list,&rdquo; Keshi was quoted as saying by<a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/"> vanguardngr.com</a><br /><br />He added : &ldquo;Ike Uche&rsquo;s name was in the 24-man list. He didn&rsquo;t even know about it, I did not tell him. Uche called me four days later and I was like ah, we spoke and that was it.<br /><br />&ldquo;The next time I told the team secretary to ask the players if they had South African visa and if they don&rsquo;t have it so that they can get the visa. <br /><br />&ldquo;When Uche was asked, he said why are you asking me, what do you need my passport for? I hate to speak without Uche not being here. You can call him and put it on speaker, if I&rsquo;m telling lies let him say it.<br /><br />&ldquo;Please nobody should ask me about Uche again; Uche said he wants somebody to explain to him why they said he was a bad kid, and if not he is not playing. I said ok take his name out.<br /><br />&ldquo; I am not going to beg Uche, I&rsquo;m not going to ask Daniel to beg Uche. We all played for this country for twenty something years and nobody begged us to play. <br /><br />&ldquo;We were begging to play. So let it be the end today, don&rsquo;t ask me about Uche. Why not encourage the kids who have come here to play for their country. <br /><br />&ldquo;Why must it be Ike Uche, is it only him, Obafemi&nbsp; is not saying anything, we have hundreds of other players who are not here.&rdquo;<br /><br />30 - year - old Ikechukwu Uche has not played for the Super Eagles since after the 2013 African Cup of Nations. <br /><br />Photo Credit: <cite>villarrealcf.es</cite><br />