The NFF has come under pressure to relieve the German after Sunday’s 2-1 semi final defeat at the hands of Algeria but Pinnick reiterated’s the federation’s committment to retain Rohr having met his AFCON target.
“He goes nowhere, he will remain in the job. We would double our efforts because we have complete confidence in him,” Pinnick told Nigeria journalist, Osasu Obayiwana.
"Gernot has taken us to the semi-final, the target we set for him. Right now, we have a third-place match to play for and we intend to have our team leave Egypt with honour.
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“There are some people that have been calling on me and the federation to sack Gernot. But I am not going to do that.
In fact, Gernot is going on a refresher training period with Bayern Munich after the Nations Cup. We have a long-term plan with him.”
‘We have had rocky and difficult moments in our relationship, but this is normal in any relationship between two people. He is a good coach and we want him to remain with us and help us complete the project he has started'
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