BY PAUL EREWUBA
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has been penciled down to work as a pundit for a French television channel during the AFCON in Gabon.
“Rohr will be a pundit for a French television network at the AFCON in Gabon,” it was reported.
African football’s showpiece event will kick off on January 14 in Gabon, but Rohr will still be on vacation as the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the tournament for a second straight time.
Rohr has a track record working in Africa for the past eight years after he first handled Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel in 2008.
He has coached Niger, Burkina Faso and was also in charge when co-hosts Gabon reached the quarterfinals of AFCON 2012.
The Franco-German, who has been holidaying in Madagascar, the birthplace of his wife, said he would use the AFCON to spy on World Cup rivals Cameroon and Algeria.
Nigeria lead their World Cup qualifying section with six points from two matches.
They resume the series in August, when Nigeria takes on second-placed Cameroon to Uyo in the first leg of a crucial double header.