At the 2014 World Cup, the Super Eagles skipped a training to protest the non-payment of their bonus for qualifying for the tournament, forcing the country’s sports minister to fly out by private jet to pay them almost $4million cash in Brazil.
This time, Nigeria will be paid a total of $12.5 million by FIFA for qualifying for Russia 2018 with $2.5 million of this amount paid for the Eagles to prepare adequately for the world cup.
Coach Rohr said he believes the Eagles, who are three-time African champions can improve on their best World Cup performance of a Round of 16 by better and early preparation as well as ensuring money issues are sorted out well in advance.
“If we want to do something at the World Cup, we have to prepare well,” he said. “We want everybody who wants to be part of the team to show the same solidarity we currently have in the team. More importantly, we don’t want the issue of money to be a problem.
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