Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare says coach Gernot Rohr has been tasked to watch and select the best players from the Nigerian professional football league into the Super Eagles.
Dare who was speaking exclusively to Brila FM on Tuesday insisted that the Franco-German tactician has been mandated 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.
“I think it is right for him to have the option to the first refusal, the NFF worked with the Ministry to reviews 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.”
The Minister stressed further that added that the former Niger and Burkina Faso boss has been tasked to guide the Super Eagles to respectable outings at various tournaments and any results below standard won’t be condoned.
“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.
Dare also concluded that Rohr will be given all necessary supports and freedom to excel, but he will answerable to the technical department of the NFF which will consist of Nigeria’s best ex-internationals who are qualified to be coaches in their own right.
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