Burkina Faso rejects Keshi, set to appoint French-German Gernot Rohr as new coach

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, February 26th, 2015

German Gernot Rohr is close to being appointed the new coach of Burkina Faso, BBC Sport understands.

The 61-year-old ex-Gabon and Niger boss has yet to agree terms and sign a contract but is expected to be unveiled at a media conference next week.

Rohr has been out of a coaching role October 2014 when he brought to an end a two-year spell with Niger.

Burkina Faso have been without a coach since Belgian Paul Put departed after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Burkinabe were eliminated at the group stage of the competition in Equatorial Guinea this year, falling a long way short of their run to the final in the previous edition.

Following the disappointing result Burkina Faso drew up a three-man shortlist of Rohr, Nigerian Stephen Keshi and Serbian Milovan Rajevac to take over from Put and revive the team.

Rohr took Gabon to the quarter-finals of the 2012 Nations Cup on home soil and also managed Niger at the 2013 edition but failed to get them out of the group stage.

As a club boss, he led Bordeaux to the 1996 Uefa Cup final and steered Tunisians Etoile Sportive du Sahel to third place in the league in 2009.

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