Sacked coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says his replacement Austine Eguavoen was appointed as technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a year ago with the aim of replacing him as coach in the future.
Rohr was sacked on Friday with Eguavoen stepping up from his role as technical director to becoming the interim coach of the team as they step up preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Speaking on his replacement, Rohr in an interview with Colin Udoh published by ESPN said he saw it coming when the former Super Eagles defender was appointed as technical director.
“I think they already had this prepared. They brought the new coach [Eguavoen] one year ago, so he could have a look. He would ask for the technical reports because he was Technical Director and Paul [Aigbogun], his assistant, was doing for me the work of scouting the opponents”, he said.
He however said he want the team to do well at the AFCON for the sake of the players he worked with and also hope they qualify for the 2022 World Cup where they are through to the playoff.
“But I wish them all the best because I want my players to succeed, to win the AFCON. I want Nigeria to go to the World Cup, and I’m sure that they will”.