Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has sent his sympathy to his successor Jose Peseiro, who is yet to be paid his salary since taking over as coach of the team six months ago.
Rohr lasted six years at the helm as the coach of the Nigerian team before he was axed in December. Few weeks before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations and also months before the world cup qualifiers playoff game against Ghana.
The German coach believe his axing from the role as coach of the team is largely the reason why the country won’t be at the 2022 World Cup, which starts in 18 days time in Qatar, he blamed the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick for the decision to sack him.
” Pinnick should be blamed for Nigeria’s failure to make it to the World Cup. I still can’t understand why I was sacked despite meeting all the targets in my contract. Now I am getting paid for doing nothing and they can’t pay the new coach partly because of it. How do you defend that”, he asked in a chat with OwnGoalNigeria.com.
Speaking on the issue of the non payment of the salary of Peseiro since he took over, Rohr said he has nothing but sympathy for the Portuguese coach but rounded up by saying he isn’t surprised about the situation even though he feels it has lingered on for too long.
” Six months is a whole lot of time especially from the start. I had a good start but it got to where I was owed for months as well so I am not surprised. Not the best or ideal situation for a coach to give his best”, he rounded up saying.