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FIFA orders NFF to pay Rohr over N156m compensation for terminating contract

By Emmanuel Okogba The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, will pay former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr $378,000 for sacking him before the end of his contract. Rohr was sacked in December just four weeks to the commencement of the delayed Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon and was replaced by Austin Eguavoen. Although the NFF […]
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Rohr expresses displeasure with CAF over AFCON qualifying schedule

Nigeria national team coach Gernot Rohr has expressed his displeasure over his side’s tight Africa Cup of Nations qualifying schedules in November. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will open their Group L campaign against the Republic of Benin on November 13 before taking on Lesotho four days later. ALSO READ: Golden Eaglets’ victory, a lesson in resilience, says […]

Rohr predicts ‘good future’ for his young Super Eagles after Brazil draw

Nigeria national team coach Gernot Rohr believes the Super Eagles have a ‘good future’ after they played out a 1-1 draw against Brazil in Sunday’s international friendly in Singapore. The 66-year-old German tactician paraded a young team against the five-time world champions, following a spate of withdrawals by some of his experienced players, including captain Ahmed Musa. […]

Brazil friendly: Test to measure our progress ― Rohr

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has described the international friendly match against Brazil as an ‘important test’ for his team after their third-place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Sunday’s game will be the Super Eagles’ second game since they defeated Tunisia 1-0 to win bronze in the continental tournament in Egypt back in July. They settled for a 2-2 draw against Ukraine […]

Nigeria/Brazil friendly: Rohr hands Solomon-Otabor late call-up

CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria winger Viv Efosa Solomon-Otabor has been handed a late call-up by Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr for the friendly against Brazil. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three-time African champions Super Eagles will play five-times world champions Brazil at the Singapore National Stadium, Kallangin on Oct. 13. A […]

FIFA Awards: Rohr omits Messi, Ronaldo from top three

He may have won the FIFA player of the year award for a record sixth time, but Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr does not think Lionel Messi’s was one of the top three players in the world last year according to the voting results that were released last night.

Brazil v Nigeria: Aribo forces Rohr into u-turn

Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr has revealed he changed his mind and will include Rangers ‘ Joe Aribo in their glamour friendly against Brazil after originally planning on not using him.

DR Congo targets Rohr

Florent Ibenge has quit as coach of Democratic Republic of Congo national team after five years in the role.a

The clamour for Rohr’s sack

Back home, the call by fans for the sack of Rohr intensified. Ironically most of those calling for his sack never gave the team any chance to progress beyond the quarter-finals. But Rohr’s employers have told all that they are not in a hurry to let him go because he still had a year left on his contract.

Uproar on Rohr : What will he go to learn at Bayern – Okpala

The memorable tenure of Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr seems to have suddenly gone sour in the mouths of many Nigerians, who are calling for his sack, following the national team’s bronze-winning efforts at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Egypt. The anger in those who want him sacked was reinforced after watching the agonising manner the Super Eagles struggled to win the AFCON bronze medal.

Laloko blasts! Rohr lacks tactical acumen

Former Nigeria Football Federation Technical Director, Kashimawo Laloko did not hold back on his criticism of manager Gernot Rohr following the Super Eagles 2-1 loss to Algeria in the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations.

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