So hope this one is real...hehehehehe.....The Nigeria Football Federation has
selected a German, Gernot Rohr, to manage the Super Eagles. The NFF
President Amaju Pinnick confirmed the development to Fidelis Chidi blog
The NFF boss confirmed that the German,
who is currently working on development programmes for the German
Football Federation, is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday
(today). He is also expected to be in Lagos on Sunday where he would be
at the stands to watch the league match between Ikorodu United and
Sunshine Stars.
Pinnick said, “We are just finalising
the little details left. The work started quite a while ago but there
was the need to wait until everything confirmed before making it
public.”
It was also confirmed that he would be introduced to Nigerians in Abuja on Monday.
“The man is coming to live in Nigeria
and work with our vision to develop Nigerian football. Qualifying for
tournaments don’t really translate to proper development and so he is
coming to stay here with his family and work with the federation and
Nigerians,” Pinnick said.
The German coached Bordeaux to the UEFA
Cup final in 1996, where they lost to Bayern Munich over two legs.
Bordeaux’s run to the final included a famous 3-0 win over AC Milan in
the quarter-finals, his records sourced by our correspondent showed. The
German was also the Sports Director of Eintracht Frankfurt from October
1998 until April 1999.
Rohr has also worked with Étoile
Sportive du Sahel and FC Nantes. He replaced French coach Alain Giresse
as the coach of Gabon. He managed Niger from September 2012 to 2014
before taking up a job with Burkina Faso but was sacked by the West
African country later. He was short-listed for the Guinea national team
job in July 2016 before the Nigerian offer came up.
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