NFF Extends Rohr’s Contract, Coach Expected To Qualify Super Eagles For World Cup

After protracted contract negotiations between the Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), a two-year contract extension has been agreed.

This was confirmed by the NFF chairman, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, through his official twitter handle.

The development has ended rumors of former Tottenham manager, Harry Redknapp, taking over as the next Super Eagles Coach.

“I’m happy to announce that the NFF and coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as coach of the Super Eagles,” Pinnick tweeted.

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

“We can now focus on qualifying for the World Cup and winning the Nations Cup. In truth, these are sacrosanct and coach Rohr is aware of these conditions.

“Like the honorable minister of youth and sports development has rightly noted; we are uncompromising in these goals.”

He also distanced himself from the rumors of contracting Redknapp for the Super Eagles job saying he did not know anything about it.

“I don’t know about this. Everyone has been calling me about this and I am in my house under lockdown,” the source told Goal.

“The only thing that I know is that we just extended Gernot Rohr’s contract and we sent him an agreement and he will reply to the General Secretary.

“As far as I know, we [NFF] have not discussed anything about another coach and we don’t know where this is coming from.”

Rohr who took over the management of the senior side after Sunday Oliseh resigned from his duties as the coach has so far qualified the Super Eagles for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

He also qualified the Eagles for 2019 African nations Cup in Egypt and won bronze at the Mondial.