The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) have handed extra responsibility to coach of the senior national team Gernot Rohr as part of the terms of his new deal, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Rohr is talked in contract extension talks with the NFF with his present deal set to expire in June. He has already accepted the terms of his new deal that includes a reduction in his wages.
A top chief of the NFF revealed that the coach will now monitor closely the other male national team of Nigeria which includes the U17, U20 and U23 team. He will also have an input in the B team of the Super Eagles made up of home base players.
“The new terms is for the good of all. He will henceforth visit and monitor all youth teams as he will be based in Nigeria for most part of the year. In his new capacity he will also have a large role to play in the CHAN team to ease the transition of players to the main team”, he said.
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” Rohr is keen on the idea and he didn’t make any amends to that aspect of the proposal sent to him. He will work and supervise the coaches and sometimes pass instructions to the players during training and maybe games”, he concluded.
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