Eagles rake in N150m

SUPER EAGLES – RUSSIA

Bunmi Ogunyale

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has offset the backlog of camp allowances and match bonuses owed the Super Eagles, Sporting Sun have exclusively gathered.

The players and officials, according to our ever reliable source, were paid the sum of three thousand dollars as appearance fees for the Czech Republic friendly played in Austria.

The team also got $15,000 as their full bonus for the all-important win over Iceland in Volgograd on Saturday.

The amount gotten by players by Sporting Sun check totaled N150million. This is aside what is due the national team manager, Gernot Rohr and his backroom staff.

“The payment is timely and we must give kudos to the NFF for their efforts on the team.

“For me, this gesture will go along way in motivating the players tear apart Argentina on Tuesday,” the source opined.

The Nigerian side currently lagged behind Croatia with three points from two games in Group D at the Mundial.
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