Nigeria Has Shown Me So Much Love – Rohr

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has said the love Nigerians have shown to him is overwhelming, which is why he is attached to the country and the national team.

He however admits that there is a section of the country which he “doesn’t feel this love.”

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Recall that the German led the Eagles to a third-place finish at last month’s African Cup of Nations in Egypt.

“We have difference between Francophone countries and Anglophone countries but I didn’t have any problem adapting (in Nigeria) because I was welcomed by everybody, not only in the team but the staff, and also from Nigerians,” he said.

“When I go out, I feel this love, I feel it everywhere. The only people I don’t feel this love from, there is only one category especially after the AFCON, and you know who it is. But everywhere, if it is here or in other places, I feel this love, this is a reason for me, which makes it very hard to leave because there is human relationship which is important also.

“This is the most passionate (job) because the passion around me is giving me also the passion, enthusiasm and desire to do well. This job here is very different because we speak English, which I did not speak for a long time, since my school time. But I have learnt back quickly; the mentality is also different,” he concluded.

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In August 2016, Rohr was named manager of the Nigeria national football team by the President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick.

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