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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr has given reasons why the Super Eagles cannot win the World Cup with the current crop of players.<\/p>\n

Nigeria had only succeeded in reaching the last 16 of the global tournaments in 1994, 1998 and 2002.<\/p>\n

Under Rohr\u2019s watch, the Super Eagles crashed out of the competition at the group stage after losing to Croatia and Argentina.<\/p>\n

And Rohr\u2019s recent two-year deal with the senior national team means he could lead the three-time African champions to their next World Cup.<\/p>\n

But the German is of the opinion that his team cannot win football\u2019s highest title because many of the players are not playing in top clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not ready to win the World Cup, for several reasons,\u201d Rohr told NewsCentral.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance is the champions at the moment, where are they are playing? They are playing in PSG, Bayern Munich. Four of them are world champions at their clubs also<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you have so many of your players from your countries playing in the best clubs, so the probability that you also have one of the best teams in the world is very big.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what we have in Nigeria for example, we have our players in Fulham, in West Bromwich. It\u2019s not Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester United or Barcelona. But the other ones have their players there. So it would be a miracle if we actually win the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr has given reasons why the Super Eagles cannot win the World Cup with the current crop of players. Nigeria had only succeeded in reaching the last 16 of the global tournaments in 1994, 1998 and 2002. 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