Revealed : Why Rohr got salary upfront payment

It has been revealed exclusively  to www.totorinews.com why Gernot Rohr, the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles got salary upfront payment before the World Cup til December.

According to a reliable source, Rohr was paid salary upfront of 8 months by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF due to the role he played in helping the football body to secure a sponsorship deal from a multinational company for the Super Eagles before the World Cup.

Rohr got reconnected with a friend of many years in Europe after many years of missed contact, who happens to be a very top manager at the multinational company and after some discussions, the Franco -German informed him about his assignment with the Super Eagles and the challenges of working in Africa, which has financial burden as one of the banes of administering football in the continent .

Interestingly, it was at a time that the NFF were in search of more sponsors after it’s qualification for the World Cup in Russia.

Rohr, then gave vital information to Amaju Melvin Pinnick led board on how his friend can help to facilitate in securing the sponsorship deal www.totorinews.com further gathered.

It is also keen to inform that  Rohr’s friend demanded that Rohr’s salary be made a priority as part of the conditions of facilitating the deal, which was agreed by the parties involved and everything was successfully signed, sealed and delivered.

NFF, in a spirit of one good turn deserves another, was kind enough to fulfil their own side of the bargain, as they compensated Rohr by paying all his financial entitlements upfront til December, while also giving the former coach of Niger Republic two years extension of his contract with the Super Eagles.

With this development, the salary payment of the Technical Adviser which initially comes from an oil and gas company may give the company the  advantage of relief of eight months in the salary schedule of the Franco- German coach.

It is yet to be gathered whether the Federation may use the advantage to pay other coaches in its employment.