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My Abuja house too big, Rohr complains


Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr will not move into a threebedroom provided for him in Abuja by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) because it is “too big”.

The 63-year-old Rohr, who is married to an African, is reported to have inspected the three-bedroom property in Jabi, but has now told officials he could do with a much smaller apartment.

An official accommodation is part of the benefits captured in the two-year contract the Franco-German has signed to qualify Nigeria to the 2018 World Cup.

MTNFootball reports that already, the NFF has moved fast to also provide an official car for the former Gabon and Burkina Faso coach.

Meanwhile, Rohr will pick his squad for next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier in Zambia in two weeks, officials have disclosed. The World Cup qualifier in Ndola will be played on October 9.

“The Eagles squad list for the match in Zambia will be announced by the third week of this month,” an official informed Africanfootball.com.
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Rohr has already hinted that the call-ups for this game will mainly be those who were involved in the recent AFCON 2017 qualifier against Tanzania in Uyo, which was used as a warm-up for the Zambia match.

The coach has also said Arsenal forward, Alex Iwobi and Portugalbased Oghenekaro Etebo, will be invited after they have recovered from injuries.

Rohr has said he will meet up with Lille goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, to rescind his decision to quit international football.

However, Chidozie Awaziem and Imoh Ezekiel, who did not make the match-day squad for the Tanzania game are not likely to be invited.

Awaziem, a midfielder who has been converted to central defence, has been demoted to the FC Porto second team this season after the Portuguese club did not register him for the UEFA Champions League.

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