I only Joked, I never rejected any apartment from the NFF – Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr, Nigeria’s Super Eagles Head coach has debunked claims that he rejected the accommodation given to him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for his stay in the country.

Yesterday, Nigeria media was awash with reports that Rohr, 63, had turned down his three-bedroom apartment in Jabi, Abuja on grounds that it was “too big” for him and he won’t mind something smaller.

The NFF his employers through their website stated that the German tactician who began his Eagles journey with a 1-0 home win against Tanzania’s Taifa Stars earlier this month,“expressed displeasure at the way people were using his openness and easy accessibility to quote him out of context and attempt to derail him from the core assignment he has at hand.”

“I never rejected any apartment,” he was quoted as saying.

“I might have spoken to a few people who I believed to be genuinely interested in me, saying that the apartment was very big and I joked that I might get lost inside it when I start to live there, but I never rejected it.

“When the federation engaged me, and told me I had to live in Nigeria, I agreed to it because I believe that my base has to be in the country where I work. I did the same in Niger, Burkina Faso and Gabon, and I do not see it any differently in Nigeria.”