The end seems near for Nigeria’s quest for the Rio
Olympic Games gold as the Samson Siasia-tutored U-23
Olympic Eagles have reportedly shunned training and
threatened to boycott tomorrow’s quarter-final match
against Denmark unless they are paid the balance of
their allowances in Brazil.
The team who topped Group B despite going down 2-0 to
Colombia Wednesday are following in the steps of the
senior national team, the Super Eagles who also
protested in Brazil before their second round match
against France at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Eagles
lost 2-0 and crashed out.
It would be recalled also that a similar protest by the
U-20 team, the Flying Eagles cost them a match against
Sudan who beat them 4-3 in Lagos after a 1-2 home loss
in Omdurman.
According to sources from the team’s camp the players
the protest is also tied to the unpaid five month salaries
and allowances of the coaches which the NFF president,
Amaju Pinnick has directed the secretariat to settle with
the $60,000 grant received from CAF recently.
Africanfootball.com also quoted a source close to the
team as saying that “The players said that their level of
patriotism has already dwindled because of the way they
have been treated by the government officials prior to
the Olympic Games.
“As we speak now, the only money that the players have
received was the $150 dollars per day for 11 days, while
there are more than that 11 days still to be paid and no
extra money was received for the matches played so far”,
the source also disclosed.
The coach Samson Siasia-led team have already been
overtaken by drama and controversies in the last few
weeks, from the players stopping their coach from
quitting his post to the team being stranded for several
days at their training base in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/nigerian-u-23-
team-threaten-boycott-unpaid-allowances/
Olympic Games gold as the Samson Siasia-tutored U-23
Olympic Eagles have reportedly shunned training and
threatened to boycott tomorrow’s quarter-final match
against Denmark unless they are paid the balance of
their allowances in Brazil.
The team who topped Group B despite going down 2-0 to
Colombia Wednesday are following in the steps of the
senior national team, the Super Eagles who also
protested in Brazil before their second round match
against France at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Eagles
lost 2-0 and crashed out.
It would be recalled also that a similar protest by the
U-20 team, the Flying Eagles cost them a match against
Sudan who beat them 4-3 in Lagos after a 1-2 home loss
in Omdurman.
According to sources from the team’s camp the players
the protest is also tied to the unpaid five month salaries
and allowances of the coaches which the NFF president,
Amaju Pinnick has directed the secretariat to settle with
the $60,000 grant received from CAF recently.
Africanfootball.com also quoted a source close to the
team as saying that “The players said that their level of
patriotism has already dwindled because of the way they
have been treated by the government officials prior to
the Olympic Games.
“As we speak now, the only money that the players have
received was the $150 dollars per day for 11 days, while
there are more than that 11 days still to be paid and no
extra money was received for the matches played so far”,
the source also disclosed.
The coach Samson Siasia-led team have already been
overtaken by drama and controversies in the last few
weeks, from the players stopping their coach from
quitting his post to the team being stranded for several
days at their training base in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/nigerian-u-23-
team-threaten-boycott-unpaid-allowances/
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