Nigeria’s football-governing body, the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has debunked the news making the rounds that it has sacked Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Gernot Rohr.
The Franco-German has been in the news both lovely an internationally throughout Thursday, November 18, with most platforms reporting authoritatively that the 68-year old has been given the heave-ho by his employers, the NFF.
However, insisting that no such decision has been taken by the football-governing body, the NFF President, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, said that there is no truth in the reports alleging Rohr’s sack.
Pinnick said, “The Board of the NFF is studying the report of the Technical Committee, which it submitted after the match against Cape Verde in Lagos on Tuesday. There are a number of possibilities, but we have not taken a decision to sack Gernot Rohr. I want to assure that whatever decision is eventually taken will be one that will please the generality of Nigerians.
“Mr Rohr has a contract with the NFF and there is a procedure for disengagement. If we get to that bridge, both parties will look at the contract and see what has to be done both ways. The Super Eagles’ squad is a national asset and we are just fortunate to be in that space to take decisions. Any decision we take must be what will be acceptable to Nigerians from far and near.”
Rohr, a former Germany international defender, has been in charge of the Super Eagles in 54 international matches over the course of five years and three months, winning 28 of those matches.
