Super Eagles
Super Eagles players boycotted Tuesday’s pre-match conference and could boycott Tuesday evening’s training, PM News reports.
Nigeria’s preparation for Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)
tie with Guinea suffered a setback as a bonus row took centre stage.
The Super Eagles laboured to a hard-fought win over Burundi in
their first game and could earn a ticket to the Round of 16 should they
triumph over the National Elephants in Alexandria.
However, Gernot Rohr’s men went on to complain about their unpaid bills.
Ahmed Musa failed to show up for Tuesday’s pre-match conference
ahead of the Guinea match, but the Al-Nassr player preferred to stay
back with his colleagues for a ‘crucial’ player’s meeting at the Helnan
Palestine Hotel.
“The player showed solidarity and had to stay back for an important meeting,” said coach Rohr when quizzed by the media.
Unpaid bonuses are not new in Nigerian football. First, it was the
Nigeria U20 team who embarked on a sit-in protest and refused to leave
Poland after their elimination from the Fifa U20 World Cup in Russia.