Rohr blames NPFL league for CHAN Eagles ouster

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has attributed the failure of the home-based players to qualify for the CHAN tournament to the poor organisation of the local league in the country.

The Franco-German is particularly disturbed that Nigeria will not feature in the next CHAN event in Cameroon.
The home-based Eagles were eliminated from Cameroon 2020 by Togo.

“This (CHAN exit) is not a good sign for the local players if they could not go to CHAN,” he said.

“We, therefore, need better infrastructure, better level of  football and for the players to play regularly, not for
the league to be off for several months, players cannot be fit without regular competition.”

Rohr restated his position that players from the domestic league must improve and be better than their Europe-based counterparts for him to consider them on his team.

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“They have to be better than the players who play in Europe,” he maintained.

“I take only the best players. Do you know of a coach who does not play his best  players?”