Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr says a host of friendly games have been lined up for the team later in the year, to help them in competitive games.
Nigeria will be heavily involved in AFCON 2019 and World Cup 2018 qualifiers later in the year, starting from the AFCON qualifiers against South Africa on June 10.
Already test games to put the team in shape for more daunting and challenging games have been arranged, with coach Rohr eager to test a host of players before using them in competitive games. Rohr confirmed talks are underway to play two friendly games in France, where the team are expected to hold a training camp later in the year, revealed talks are underway for a high profile friendly game with the German national team.
A member of the German FA confirmed how well talks have progressed. He added that although talks have been initiated, little progress has been made.
“There has been contact with Nigeria over a friendly game but that is all I know about the proposed tie,”he explained, adding, “maybe in the coming days more will be revealed .”
