Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have announced coach Gernot Rohr will sign a new contract next week after all details have been finalised.
Rohr, 66, has been in charge of three-time African champions Nigeria since 2016.
The former Niger and Gabon coach qualified the country to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2019 AFCON staged in Egypt.
“The executive committee mandated the general secretary to liase with Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, with a view to concluding all matters around his new contract within the next one week,” according to a statement by the NFF.
The contract extension will be for a further two years during which time Rohr is expected to qualify Nigeria to a seventh World Cup and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Top officials have insisted on inserting several new provisions like Rohr’s 45,000 Euros monthly salary will be paid in local currency and that he will reside in Nigeria.
Rohr himself has said he wants to continue at the post leading up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Franco-German has been credited with assembling a young team made up of players, who had previously represented their adopted countries at age-group levels.
However, his critics argue he has continued to overlook players from the domestic league in his squad.
Rohr’s defence is that Nigeria’s best players are based in Europe.
