SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, (THEWILL) – Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr, has thanked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for giving him a new two and a half year contract to continue coaching the senior national team promising to make the team great again.
Rohr first got the opportunity to manage the Super Eagles in 2016 and got another two-year deal in 2018 which expires next month, but sources reveal that the German has been given a new two years and a half years deal.
Rohr confirmed his new contract at the weekend in a mail he sent to some NFF board members thanking them for facilitating the deal. He wrote: “I am happy to confirm that we have come to an agreement to continue my work as head coach of the Super Eagles for the next two years and a half.
“I want to say thank you to the Nigeria Football Federation, led by President Amaju Pinnick, the board and of course the General Secretary for their confidence in me to continue in this job.
“It is not common to have a country with the same national coach for what will be six years and this will be made possible because of the support of the federation, the government of Nigeria and our team.
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“We have a big project in front of us. We have the quality and with the continued cooperation of everyone concerned, including the fans and good people of Nigeria, I believe we will have a good result that will spell great development for football in Nigeria in the future.”
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