The Super Eagles on
Thursday held a meeting with Nigerian
officials to deliberate on their World
Cup appearance bonuses.
The meeting ended in a deadlock and the Eagles failed to
make training, they were scheduled to train in Campinas at 6pm on Thursday, but
the squad failed to board the bus.
The Media Officer Ben Alaiya explained that the squad would
leave for training later, as they were having a meeting, but one hour later,
officials cancelled the training session.
According to sources, the players demanded to be paid their
bonuses for making it past the group stages during the meeting.
However, NFF General Secretary Musa Amadu, was in Sao Paulo
at the time of these events, apparently to get more money for the next round.
A NFF official told KickOffNigeria that “funds were only
released for the group stages, so he has gone to get more for the second
round.”
It is not yet certain if the African champions will travel
to Brasilia for their round of 16 clash against France, as Amadu is unlikely to
return before Monday.
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