Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr doesn’t seem to rate new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Emmanuel Amuneke.
Amuneke was appointed the new head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, a role that was held by one of Rohr’s trusted lieutenants in Salisu Yusuf during his time as coach.
Yusuf has been demoted to the role of second assistant. A move which we gathered was first proposed to the German but he rejected it and insisted on working with his trusted ally in Yusuf.
Rohr was approached before the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with the idea of Amuneke coming in as first assistant with Salisu who was then about to return from a ban blocked from returning to the team by the sports ministry.
The coach rejected the idea insisting on having Salisu back by his side after working with the Kano Pillars gaffer to successfully qualify Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He sees Yusuf as a loyal assistant who is also very sound technically.
