Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has revealed he went to watch the Ligue 1 game between Bordeaux and Marseille last Friday because of Samuel Kalu.
However, the Super Eagles winger missed the game after falling a last minutes test on his injured hamstring .
The Franco-German manager who also played and managed Bordeaux in the past told the French reporters that he came to see Kalu and of course the Club’s supporters.
”I came to see Bordeaux-Marseille as a supporter of Girondins, which will remain the club of my heart,”
”I spent 21 years in the club, I gave everything and I keep only good memories. I also came to see one of my players playing with Nigeria, Samuel Kalu, but he did not play.
Kalu is one of the players Rohr will be relying upon in the upcoming 2019 AFCON in Egypt and the gaffer thinks it’s important to stay close to the former Gent midfielder because of the issue family issue and also praising his football abilities.
”It was also necessary to keep in touch following the problems he had with his mother recently. We were together for several days, we tried to find the solution.”
Rohr said : ”He is an excellent player, for us he is very important. Whether he is playing right or left, or in a 3-5-2, he has always been one of the best with Nigeria.
”I think he will still bring a lot to Bordeaux, his speed above all is good for this team, but also his intelligence in the game”. Rohr concluded.
