Rohr Reveals How He Allowed Sports Minister To Train With Super Eagles To Avoid Being Sacked

• Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has explained why he allowed Sunday Dare to train with his team
• Dare, who was the Sports Minister, stormed the Super Eagles training in Lagos in 2020
• Rohr said he had to allow him to join his players on the pitch for fear of losing his job

Former Super Eagles gaffer, Gernot Rohr has disclosed one of his curious experiences that went unnoticed when he was in charge of the three-time African champions under the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board.

The German tactician disclosed how the Nigerian Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare unexpectedly showed up at one of the team’s training sessions accompanied by a swarm of journalists.

Dare was in Lagos to check and monitor the level of preparations of the Super Eagles as Sports Minister.

According to reports on Naija Footballer and The Cable, Rohr explained that his assistant spoke to him about the danger ahead if he should refuse to allow the Sports Minister to join the training.

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“Two years ago in Nigeria, the sports minister suddenly showed up with 40 or 50 journalists at training and wanted to play along.

“I was perplexed. My assistant said we have to let him join us, or we’ll all be gone tomorrow. Without further ado, we added a circle game for him, and everything was fine.”

The former Burkina Faso handler was later sacked by the NFF just a month before the kickoff of the 2021 African Cup of Nations.

He was replaced with former Nigerian international Austin Eguavoen.

Rohr signs deal with Benin

Earlier, Sports Brief reported how Gernot Rohr signed a three-year deal with the Benin Football Association as the new coach of their national team, ahead of the next Africa Cup of Nations.

Following the sacking of Michel Dussuyer, who failed to see the country through qualification for AFCON, Moussa Latoundji was hired in an interim capacity as the team's caretaker manager.

Rohr was with the Super Eagles from 2016 to 2021, before he was sacked by the former Nigerian football board led by Amaju Pinnick.