TheSuperNerd:
Rohr Disappointed With Torunarigha’s Decision To Snub Nigeria For Germany, Extols Leon Balogun




The decision of Hertha Berlin defender Jordan Torunarigha to commit his International future to Germany ahead of Nigeria has been termed as a big disappointment by coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr.
Rohr met with the 19 year old Germany U21 international last year and held talks with him over switching allegiance to Nigeria since he is qualified to represent the West African nation through his father.

However Torunarigha whose father Ojokojo played for Nigeria league side Shooting Stars of Ibadan turned down the approach from Nigeria, insisting on progressing through the ranks with Germany instead of representing Nigeria at the World Cup in June.

”We would have liked to take him ( Torunarigha) to the World Cup if he had agreed to switch allegiance to Nigeria. I would have needed his kind of player in my squad”, Rohr was quoted as saying in a television interview monitored by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Speaking further the coach praised the qualities of Leon Balogun who like Torunarigha was also eligible for Germany but opted for Nigeria, where he has grown into one of the stalwart of the team ahead of their campaign at the World Cup in Russia.

”Leon is one of my important players in the defence. He is fast and brings German mentality. His partnership with William Troost-Ekong has been very formidable “, the Franco-German coach said.



**Michael James


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/05/09/rohr-disappointed-with-torunarighas-decision-to-snub-nigeria-for-germany-extols-leon-balogun/



Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 35 days 16 hours 38 mins to go

edi287:
Nacho!!! Nice goal

forgiveness:


That's a good one. I saw how he won a penalty and also made Arsenal reduced to 10 man.

EmmGee:

so back to where he belongs

lexyman:



in which match

Mujtahida:

It's amazing that they are not seeing sense in what forgiveness said. We suffered a depletion in the national team as a result of the Keshi's choice of players and it affected us badly. We missed two Afcon. Some will say it was Oliseh and Siasia. I say one thing leads to another. Keshi removed the foundation, the house collapsed under Oliseh just like on the positive side Germany didn't win the WC in 2006 or 2010 but Klinsmann laid a solid foundation which Leow built upon and it eventually yielded fruit in 2014 and the Germans are still strong contenders.

forgiveness:


That's a good one. I saw how he won a penalty and also made Arsenal reduced to 10 man.

Certitude:

There ain't no sense in it bro. It ain't as though we had em good players in abundance. You seem to forget so soon that Oliseh had his Ideas. Brought new cats on board with the aim of ditching the older players who were the foundation. Keshi wasn't even allowed to work sef yet he won som'n, even with his home based quota.

TheSuperNerd:
Uhmmm Egbon, It was Demarai Gray that won the penalty oooo... not Nacho.

BascoVanVeli:


We are talking about 3-5-2. Where would Simon and Musa play that they would be ahead of him?

forgiveness:


Tammy is a Chelsea's player.

TheGoodJoe:


Keshi did a lot of good work. It took hard Work and scouting for Keshi to build his conquering Super Eagles team. Put faith in some players who were not regular and was ready to keep trying. Siasia had a short stay. I have no doubt he would have built a brilliant team. Oliseh could not work in the environment, something Keshi worked under and succeeded.

Leave Keshi out. Who left solid Foundation for him?

Joebie:
Iheanacho and Iwobi WhoScored Stats at FT

gamaliel9:
Swansea hehe those Ghanaians[Ayew brothers] brought their bad mouth and bad luck join there

kennysville:


Lucky you! You know say if to say Nigeria no qualify for world cup, the ghanaian troll would av come for ur head heavily. You for hear am!

Ol boy, No dey diss Ghana like that na! They are our Bredas!

By the way, wetin be that ghanaian Moniker again?

TheGoodJoe:


Keshi did a lot of good work. It took hard Work and scouting for Keshi to build his conquering Super Eagles team. Put faith in some players who were not regular and was ready to keep trying. Siasia had a short stay. I have no doubt he would have built a brilliant team. Oliseh could not work in the environment, something Keshi worked under and succeeded.

Leave Keshi out. Who left solid Foundation for him?

Icon4s:


Iheanacho is taller than Iwobi? Doesn't look so on the pitch.

Even weighs more than Iwobi. Hmm, can Iheanacho be weighing 82kg? For a 21 years old footballer?
I hope those figures are correct.

charlesemeka85:


i dont disrespect the dead but it hurts me when people paint keshi as the messiah of our football but was sacked unjustly. why is it that every keshi fan out there does nothing but pray for rohr to fail? for christ sake you and i never gave this team a chance when the world cup qualifiers was drawn, we found our beloved team against 3 afcon winners, an Algerian team that was ranked number 1 in Africa as of then, a Cameroonian team that just got crowned afcon champions few months before the draw and a never say die Zambian team who we never find it easy against. i started having believe on this when rohr and his boys got 3 points away to Zambia. the German was able assemble a team in no distant time and displayed an attacking style of football that made them scary before opposing teams. after the defeat to south africa the team came back stronger and walloped Cameroon in uyo by 4 goals to nil! went to cameroon on the return leg and almost got away with 3 points if not for ezenwa's recklessness. watching the team you will see a unit that understands each other coupled with harmony,love and respect for one another.it gladdens my heart to know that the nff have act fast by giving rohr a new contract just because he is on the right track notwithstanding the outcome olf the teams outing in Russia

soetanoreoluwa:


Thank you
Many have forgotten have the then NFF booked returned ticket immediately we draw CIV at the quarter final of 2013 AFCON

Many have forgotten how NFF keep fighting over who to hold on to glass House... Chris Giwa and AmajuPinnick which linger close to 2yrs and originally cost us the two AFCON representation

Many have forgotten how Keshi was sabotage cos they dont want him in super eagles.

Many have forgotten that he loses his wife to cancer which tells on him alot

I'm not making excuses for keshi but this is the man that brought so much joy to us when we have no single team.
Do you still remember how many unbeaten runs we have prior to confederation cup?

We should cut keshi some slack. Even though he have his bad side particularly on player selection still he gives out results.

Keshi deserve some accolades.

PDPGuy:

82kg is no biggie. I weighed that much when I was 22.

TheSuperNerd:
Rohr Is 24th Best Paid Coach To Russia 2018, Low Highest Paid





Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr will be the 24th highest paid coach at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, according to a report published in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
Rohr, who is leading Nigeria for their sixth World Cup finals with the Super Eagles going unbeaten during the qualifying campaign, earns £436,600 per annum, according to Dutch media and entertainment company Zoomin TV.
In Africa, Rohr is the third highest paid coach behind Egypt’s Hector Cuper, who earns £1.30m per annum and Herve Renard of Morocco with a take home pay of £681,000.

Cuper is the 11th highest paid coach while Renard is 21st. Tunisia head coach, Nabil Maaloul, is the fourth best paid coach aming the African coaches. Maloul earns £305,500 per annum.

Senegal’s Aliou Cisse is the lowest-paid of the 32 coaches in Russia this summer, taking home £174,500-a-year.

Germany head coach Joachim Low will be the highest earner in Russia when the Germans defend their title. He earns £3.31million and he is followed by Brazil boss Tite and Didier Deschamps of France, who both clear £3.02million.

Spain’s Julen Lopetegui, Stanislav Cherchesov of Russia and Portugal’s Fernando Santos, Iran’s Carlos Queiroz, Gareth Southgate of England, Jorge Sampaoli of Argentina and Oscar Tabarez complete the top ten.


WORLD CUP COACHES EARNINGS TABLE
1: Joachim Low (Germany) £3.31m
2: Tite (Brazil), Didier Deschamps (France) £3.02m
4: Julian Lopetegui (Spain) £2.58m
5: Stanislav Cherchesov (Russia) £2.21m
6: Fernando Santos (Portugal) £1.91m
=7: Carlos Queiroz (Iran), Gareth Southgate (England) £1.69m
9: Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina) £1.55m
10: Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay) £1.47m
11: Hector Cuper (Egypt), Jose Peckerman (Colombia) £1.30m
13: Juan Pizzi (Saudi Arabia) £1.23m
14: Bert van Marwijk (Australia) £1.03m
15: Ricardo Gareca (Peru) £960,000
16: Juan Osorio (Mexico) £880,000
=17: Age Hareide (Denmark), Akira Nishino (Japan), Roberto Martinez (Belgium) £810,000
20: Vladimir Petkovic (Switzerland) £740,000
21: Herve Renard (Morocco) £681,000
22: Helmir Hallgrimsson (Iceland) £611,000
23: Zlatko Dalic (Croatia) £478,500
24: Gernot Rohr (Nigeria) £436,600
=25: Janne Andersson (Sweden), Shin Tae-yong (South Korea) £392,500
27: Hernan Gomez (Panama) £349,000
=28: Nabil Maaloul (Tunisia), Oscar Ramirez (Costa Rica) £305,500
30: Mladen Krstajic (Serbia) £261,400
31: Adam Nawalka (Poland) £235,600
32: Allou Cisse (Senegal) £174,500


Source: https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/rohr-is-24th-best-paid-coach-to-russia-2018-low-highest-paid/


Russia 2018 WC Countdown: 35 days 8 hours 33 mins to go

Mikel Obi, Super Eagles captain

@Last comment- The late great, Stephen Keshi, Nigeria's most successful coach of all time, comes to mind He loves his Nike cap even on his Adidas tracksuit... loolll

Icon4s:


Iheanacho is taller than Iwobi? Doesn't look so on the pitch.

Even weighs more than Iwobi. Hmm, can Iheanacho be weighing 82kg? For a 21 years old footballer?
I hope those figures are correct.

MetalJigsaw:
I usually have this feeling of discomfort when watching Chelsea play with our own deadly Vicmo playing as a wingback. Phew!

TheSuperNerd:
Uhmmm Egbon, It was Demarai Gray that won the penalty oooo... not Nacho.

TheGoodJoe:


Keshi did a lot of good work. It took hard Work and scouting for Keshi to build his conquering Super Eagles team. Put faith in some players who were not regular and was ready to keep trying. Siasia had a short stay. I have no doubt he would have built a brilliant team. Oliseh could not work in the environment, something Keshi worked under and succeeded.

Leave Keshi out. Who left solid Foundation for him?

TheGoodJoe:


I think he meant the red card. It is a slip of the keyboard.