I accepted half of my salary with Super Eagles to coach Benin – Rohr

The head coach of Benin Republic, Gernot Rohr, has claimed he took a pay cut for the role after he was sacked by Nigeria.

During his time in charge of the Super Eagles, Rohr’s salary was believed to be $45,000 a month.

It is understood that the German is earning around $25,000 currently with the Cheetahs.

Rohr has insisted that he took the Benin job because he was driven by passion.

He said: “I was lucky to have a long career of more than fifty years in professional football, I did not come for the money. I accepted half of my salary that I had in Nigeria. If I had come for the money, I would not have come.

“I came for an adventure, for a great project, in a friendly country, which I had already appreciated by coming to play there.”