The Technical and Development Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday said it has recommended to the federation’s Executive Board a new Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles.
According to him the committee was convinced of the former German defender’s suitability for the job after a long session with him in Abuja on Saturday.
A report on the federation’s website quoted Ahmed Yusuf, the Vice-Chairman of the committee, as saying the committee recommended Gernot Rohr for the position.
Rohr, 63, played for Bordeaux in France as a defender and later took them to the UEFA Cup final in 1996 as coach, losing to Bayern Munich.
He also coached Nantes and top Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel before managing the national teams of Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso.
Currently working for the German FA, he was shortlisted for the job of head coach of Guinea only last month.
Fresh added that the NFF would draft a contract and that final negotiations with Rohr would take place “in the following days.” Nigeria have been drawn in the same group as Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
They go to Zambia on October 3.
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