Super Eagles: Minister Mandates Rohr to Watch Nigerian League, Select Home-Based Players

Posted by African Examiner African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says Gernot Rohr has been tasked to watch and select the best players from the Nigerian professional football league into the Super Eagles.

The minister stated this when speaking to Brila FM that Rohr has been directed through his new contract to watch Nigeria professional football league matches, in order to select the best homegrown talents and process them into the senior national team.

He said: “I think it is right for him to have the option, the NFF worked with the Ministry to review his performance over time, but we find out some lapses. His contract has some new conditions and some of them are very stringent.

“The new conditions are already out there, to develop and pick our young footballers and to also watch our local league, Westerhof did that and he must make sure that he watches some these talents, pick them and process them to the national team.

“We just don’t want to sit there and collect some of the best twelve players in different clubs across and then take them to win a game and you think you have done your job as a coach.

“As a coach, you must help us identify and develop our local talents and that has been the strengths of our football and we have to return to that.”

He also added that the coach has been mandated to help the team do well in various outings.

“We also set some benchmark for him when it comes to AFCON and the World cup. He knows going forward, he must meet the right standards, because we will be watching very closely and ask questions,” he said.