By Oluwashina Okeleji [BBC Sport], Lagos

"As long as [Austin Eguavoen] remains the coach, I won't come back and I am saying it with all sincerity.

"Even if I'm sitting on the bench at my club, I won't return to the national team.

"We need a coach who will take decisions in the best interest of the team and the country.

"I will never play under him, because he doesn't need me and I don't need him."

Eguavoen, who declared before the Nations Cup finals that he had no axe to grind with Ayegbeni, felt the striker had not earned a first-team shirt and had to fight for his place.

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o threatened to leave the pitch after being subjected to racial abuse by Real Zaragoza supporters on Saturday.

Eto'o was eventually persuaded to continue playing by coach Frank Rijkaard and several team-mates.

Referee Victor Esquinas Torres stopped play during Barca's 2-0 win to ask for an announcement to be made to the crowd calling for an end to the abuse.

Real Zaragoza were fined 600 euros last season after Eto'o was racially abused.

Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o was named African Footballer of the Year for the third year running on Thursday edging Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba by two points. Eto'o became the only player to take the award three times in a row.