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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially confirmed the extension of Gernot Rohr’s contract as Super Eagles coach.
Meridian Spy reports Sunday Rohr agreed to a new two-and-half-year contract extension with the NFF but there was no official confirmation from the national football body at the time.
But on Wednesday, the NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, took to Twitter to confirm the contract extension without giving details of the contract.
“I’m happy to announce that the @thenff and Coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as Coach of the Super Eagles,” the NFF boss tweeted.
“We have always had confidence in his abilities and we are confident that the national team can only go higher from here.”
He added that the completion of the contract would enable the coach to concentrate on developing football in the country.
“With the distraction of the contract talks out of the way now, we can now face our football on the pitch, totally.
“Again, I never lost confidence in Gernot Rohr’s ability to take our football forward and I’m convinced our football will only get better from here on,” Pinnick noted.
“Hopefully, our lives will get back to normal soon and these trying times will be behind us.”
The 66-year-old Franco-German contract was expected to expire in June but agreed to the new deal which will keep him on his current eagles job till December, 2022.
