Gernot Rohr

NFF Must Pay Me ₦157m With Interest, Rohr Insists

August 3, 2022 6:10 am

Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has declared that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would have to pay him his outstanding salary alongside the accruing interest going by the current dollar rate following their delay in making the payment.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Franco-German was in December 2021 relieved of his job as the Eagles gafferfollowing a series of underwhelming performances by the three-time African champions.

However, despite moves by the NFF to pay his salary until the end of his contract, which should have expired in December, Rohr, the Eagles’ longest-serving coach took the case …

Sack Gernot Rohr Now, NFF Advised

October 14, 2020 5:31 am

A former House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Sports, Godfrey Gaiya, has called for the sack of Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr following the team’s poor outing in Austria.

The Super Eagles ended their Tuesday’s friendly with Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles 1-1, four days after they lost 0-1 to the Desert Foxes of Algeria.

Gaiya in an interview with NAN wondered what would happen in a competitive match if the “highly rated” coach could not defeat any African opponent in both friendlies played in Austria.

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NFF Shouldn’t Have Made Rohr’s Contract Public – Akanni

April 20, 2020 2:46 pm

A former Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, Mr. Wahidi Akanni said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been unfair to Gernot Rohr, the Super Eagles’ Head Coach.

According to Akanni, the public disclosure of terms and conditions of a possible renewal of Rohr’s contract by the NFF was unnecessary.

Earlier, NFF President Amaju Pinnick had said Rohr would be handed a new contract to sign if he agreed to the terms.

Akanni, an ex-international, said that making Rohr’s contract public as Pinnick did would only mean that the two parties had not been communicating effectively.

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Coronavirus: Rohr Sends Goodwill Message To Nigerians

March 30, 2020 6:37 am

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has appealed to Nigerians including the fans of the Super Eagles to remain positive and adhere strictly to all outlined precautions by the government in order to stem the tide of Coronavirus pandemic.

The German coach in his appeal message to football fans amidst growing fear over the outbreak said the virulent virus must not be allowed to stop friendship.

“This virus cannot (and must not be allowed) to stop friendship,” the 66-year-old Rohr former Bayern Munich defender told Nation Sport from his home in France.

Rohr is regarded as a ‘friend of Africa’ after …

I’m Waiting For NFF To Renew My Contract – Rohr

March 18, 2020 5:39 am

Super Eagles Franco-German coach, Gernot Rohr, has stated that he awaits the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for a new contract.

Rohr’s current deal with the three-time African champions will come to an end in July, and in a chat with the BBC, the former Bayern Munich player said he was yet to be approached by the NFF.

He said, “I will not ask the NFF what is going on with my contract renewal. It is for the NFF to approach me. I am still waiting. My job is to focus on the Super Eagles as long as I am

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