NFF President, Amaju Pinnick Confirms Rohr Has Signed New Deal With Nigeria

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly extended the contract of Super Eagles technical director, Gernot Rohr.

This information was confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick. 

Pinnick revealed that the German tactician and his coaching crew contract have been extended. 

It was gathered that Rohr’s contract was set to expire in June, and contract negotiation had been ongoing for months due to contract terms. 

Taking to his official handle, he wrote:“I’m happy to announce that the @ thenff and Coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as Coach of the Super Eagles.”

“We have always had confidence in his abilities and we are confident that the national team can only go higher from here.”

Recall that Rohr was appointed as the manager of Nigeria senior national team in August 2016. 

Rohr led Nigeria to became the first African side to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Gernot Rohr led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Amaju Pinnick thread of tweets continued: “With the distraction of the contract talks out of the way now, we can now face our football on the pitch, totally.

“Again, I never lost confidence in Gernot Rohr’s ability to take our football forward and I’m convinced our football will only get better from here on.”

“Hopefully, our lives will get back to normal soon and these trying times will be behind us.”

Rohr has previously managed African countries such as, Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso.

He had also managed some French club sides such as Nice, Ajaccio, Bordeaux and Nantes.