Move now or forget World Cup, Rohr tells Iheanacho, Musa

Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr in his push to keep a break squad for the imminent FIFA World Cup in the late spring has approached seat warming advances Kelechi Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa to accept the open door of the January window and move or overlook being a piece of the World Cup.

Rohr, while talking on Monday night football, a program on Supersport communicated his stress over their absence of playing time in their club in the English Premier League.


“I’m in touch with the players and I’m particularly worried that Iheanacho and Musa are not playing regularly. The January window provides them a good opportunity to make a move and I hope in the days to come we’ll hear some news from them. It is important they move because they need to be active. The Super Eagles needs her best legs in Russia.”

World Cup Camp and international friendly matches

We have been able to pick a very conducive camp for the Super Eagles in the Southern part of Russia. It’s a place that has good weather conditions in the summer. Denmark wanted the place but we got it before them and I’m happy with the choice of the Nigeria Football Federation.

Nigeria is the last team in the group and I believe that the onus lies on us to make an impact at the World Cup. To be ready for the mundial, we need to play quality friendly international matches. We have to play more European teams to get ready. On March 23rd , we play against Poland and on the 27th, we play another team that has the same style of play like Russia and Iceland.

Goalkeeping problems and injuries