Rohr to get stringent contract clause, says Pinnick

Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) President Amaju Pinnick  has hinted that the federation was willing to offer Super Eagles German coach Gernot Rohr a fresh contract but with a caveat that stringent clauses would be inserted  in order to help  the cause of the  national team ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers.

Rohr’s contract as Super Eagles coach will elapse in June but Pinnick affirmed yesterday in Lagos that the NFF would table a new contract with the coach in January, adding everything would be conducted in the best interest of Nigerian football.

“Sincerely, we want him to continue with his work and we have said that we are going to sit down with the coach in January with the possibility of offering him a new contract,” explained Pinnick.

Contracted in 2016 on a two-year deal, Rohr was offered another two-year contract after guiding the country to the World Cup finals in Russia.

“The truth is that we were carried with the euphoria of World Cup qualification and honestly, what he had can be regarded as a ‘raw’ contract,”  he continued.“ But we are going  to have some stringent measures for overall best interest of the Super Eagles  and Nigerian football.”

According to Pinnick,  some of the clauses being looked in the new contract would see Rohr take permanent residence  in the country with a choice of living either in Lagos or Abuja and the German will be allowed to travel on vacation only three times in a year.

It was also understood that the coach would henceforth work in conjunction with the NFF’s technical committee in order to ensure the best interest of the team.

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“Of course, the coach will have to work more with the technical committee and  this is just in a bid   for checks and  balancing,” he said.