Eagles get $3.8m ahead of France game

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Eagles get $3.8m ahead of France game

June 29, 2014 by Pius Ayinor, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 Comments






Minister of Sports Dr. Tammy Danagogo
Minister of Sports Dr. Tammy Danagogo


Super Eagles training boycott on Thursday has paid off for the players as the Federal Government immediately sent down $3,850, 000m (three million, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars) to the players in Brazil.

The Minister of Sports Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, is expected to arrive in Brasilia just in time before Nigeria face France in a second round game.

SUNDAY PUNCH confirmed from a sports ministry official that President Goodluck Jonathan approved the payment after speaking with Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi and team captain Joseph Yobo via the telephone late on Thursday. He said that Danagogo was already confirmed to arrive in Brazil aboard a Sunday flight from Lagos.

He said, “I am aware that he already has received all the necessary papers to carry such amount of cash and the protocol team is set to receive him at the airport on Sunday. The players will receive the money on arrival or first thing on Monday before the match.”

Our correspondent also learnt that the money is $250,000 above what the Nigeria Football Federation had calculated and agreed with the players. The NFF had said they would pay them as soon as FIFA paid them. The money is usually paid to countries four months after the World Cup.

The Eagles had met with the NFF in their US camp, pressing for the money. It was learnt that goalkeepers Vincent Enyeama and Austin Ejide and Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi have been at the forefront of the fight for the cash the players called appearance fees.

It was the same players that led the strike on Thursday which forced the entire team to miss the training session on Thursday and Friday morning at their base in Campinas.

The Senate President David Mark had mediated when he visited Brazil and had assured the players he would raise the matter with President Jonathan. But team captain, Joseph Yobo, insisted the players got the money before the opening game against Iran.

SUNDAY PUNCH confirmed that the Federal Government took the decision to bring the money to Brazil without the knowledge of the NFF.

The scene iN Brazil is playing out like that of France ’98, where the Eagles held nearly an all night meeting with the Federation on advance payment before theIR second round match against Denmark, which they eventually lost by 4-1.

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[Benedict Iroha]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

[mcal]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

...and the people keeping the money are...?
If they lose to France, fine, they got their deserved money which the thieves could have kept.

[Eaglemaniac]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

I'm going to pretend that this makes sense

[achuzia-the-air-raid]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

I'm going to pretend that this makes sense

You are pretending? it belongs here below

[niyi]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

I'm going to pretend that this makes sense

You don't need to pretend it makes sense, it actually does.

[JACKAL]

This is stupid and embarrassing....

We wont pay a ransom for 200 girls locked up in captivity with their very lives at stake, but we would pay it to a bunch of cry babies over a football game.

We really need to check our values system and leadership in Nigeria.

Btw, One of the first rules of business is to never pay people until the job is done. So what is going to be the motivation for these guys to win from here on ??

[achuzia-the-air-raid]

This is stupid and embarrassing....

We wont pay a ransom for 200 girls locked up in captivity with their very lives at stake, but we would pay it to a bunch of cry babies over a football game.

We really need to check our values system and leadership in Nigeria.

Btw, One of the first rules of business is to never pay people until the job is done. So what is going to be the motivation for these guys to win from here on ??

Why don't you go and get the girls yourself? Is somebody holding you back? Even the so called educated ones in Nigeria are always caught up with stupid and brainless cliches.

[joao]

So there can be no direct deposit to players' account in Nigeria?

Un-effing-believable!!!

[kalani JR]

Photos of the cash being kissed?

[Field Marshall Ogolo]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

5 nil. O!

[Field Marshall Ogolo]

This is stupid and embarrassing....

We wont pay a ransom for 200 girls locked you in captivity with their very lives at stake, but we would pay it to a bunch of cry babies over a football game.

We really need to check our values system and leadership in Nigeria.

Btw, One of the first rules of business is to never pay people until the job is done. So what is going to be the motivation for these guys to win from here on ??

Enyeama is that broke? No wonder Siasia never trusted him!

[1naija]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Hey, if you are not the real Benedict Iroha, please change your handle because your posts confirm the stereotype that football player are illiterates and dumb.

[Benedict Iroha]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Hey, if you are not the real Benedict Iroha, please change your handle because your posts confirm the stereotype that football player are illiterates and dumb.

Abeg shut up......I am not against them getting paid but put your priorities in order....we saw what happened to ghana and cameroon after clamoring to get paid......as if they dont get paid enough at their club.....

money first ...country second...

[Damunk]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Hey, if you are not the real Benedict Iroha, please change your handle because your posts confirm the stereotype that football player are illiterates and dumb.

Abeg shut up......I am not against them getting paid but put your priorities in order....we saw what happened to ghana and cameroon after clamoring to get paid......as if they dont get paid enough at their club.....

money first ...country second...

How much do Agbim and Egwueke get paid that is 'enough' for you?

[Benedict Iroha]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Hey, if you are not the real Benedict Iroha, please change your handle because your posts confirm the stereotype that football player are illiterates and dumb.

Abeg shut up......I am not against them getting paid but put your priorities in order....we saw what happened to ghana and cameroon after clamoring to get paid......as if they dont get paid enough at their club.....

money first ...country second...

How much do Agbim and Egwueke get paid that is 'enough' for you?

How many minutes have they be playing during this wc

[Eaglezbeak]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Your not wrong,ignore those Africans who defend such an act,their are players that see World Cup as the pinnacle of their career & play with purpose with nothing but winning on their mind so I don't know what our players are doing.

[maceo4]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Your not wrong,ignore those Africans who defend such an act,their are players that see World Cup as the pinnacle of their career & play with purpose with nothing but winning on their mind so I don't know what our players are doing.

But the other FA's don't fail to pay their players...I hope you saw the other story where they waited till after the Confederations Cup and never got their money...so odd that we would get mad at people for asking for their contracts/agreements to be honored and moneys owed paid as agreed...

[Chxta]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Your not wrong,ignore those Africans who defend such an act,their are players that see World Cup as the pinnacle of their career & play with purpose with nothing but winning on their mind so I don't know what our players are doing.

I say good on the players. Win or lose tomorrow, long may this continue. We can't keep having undeserving civil servants sharing other people's money.

[Ayo Akinfe]

This game is winnable!

[Riversboy]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Your not wrong,ignore those Africans who defend such an act,their are players that see World Cup as the pinnacle of their career & play with purpose with nothing but winning on their mind so I don't know what our players are doing.

But the other FA's don't fail to pay their players...I hope you saw the other story where they waited till after the Confederations Cup and never got their money...so odd that we would get mad at people for asking for their contracts/agreements to be honored and moneys owed paid as agreed...

Kpom.

RB.

[zee]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Just shutup with your stupidity .......................Damn, I never knew that Nigeria was 'blessed' with this percentage of buffoons .

[01bakana]

Such a shame .....its like these clowns are playing for money rather than love of their country....Watch them go lose to france ....we have seen this story before

Your not wrong,ignore those Africans who defend such an act,their are players that see World Cup as the pinnacle of their career & play with purpose with nothing but winning on their mind so I don't know what our players are doing.

Why don't you leave the comfort of Obodo Oyinbo and go back to Kano/Maidugiri, do whats patriotic and serve after all your expertise is definitely in short supply over there.