Stop calling Iheanacho, Ndidi stars, they are not – Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr, former Super Eagles coach, has said the current squad of the national team are not stars.

According to him, the current players cannot be compared to the days of Nwankwo Kanu, Victor Ikpeba, Emmanuel Amuneke, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Celestine Babayaro, Sunday Oliseh and others.
He said it is wrong to call Leicester City forwards, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho as stars.

“Nigeria don’t have these big stars like Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu or Victor Ikpeba. [Wilfried] Ndidi is not yet a star; [Kelechi] Iheanacho not yet either.

“They don’t have any players in Liverpool, Manchester, Munich or Chelsea, which is the case for Senegal, Egypt and Ivory Coast.

“The biggest clubs are perhaps Leicester, or possibly Napoli, with Victor Osimhen.

“When you don’t have the players in fantastic clubs, playing the semi-finals or quarter-finals of the Champions League all the time, you cannot pretend to be better than Algeria or Egypt.

“That’s the question of football without stars. It’s more collective football,” he told World Soccer