Super Eagles Boycott Thursday Training Over Bonus

Super Eagles Boycott Thursday Training Over Bonus

The Super Eagles boycotted their training session scheduled to take place on Thursday evening at Est&aacute;dio Brinco de Ouro to press home their demands to be paid World Cup appearance fee by the Nigeria Football Federation.<br /><br />The practice session was to begin at 6 pm local time, and at 530 pm the team coach was prepared to take the squad to the stadium, but no player or team official stepped out of the hotel.<br /><br />Instead, a meeting between the players and team officials was held at one of the Vitoria Hotel Concept rooms at around the same time. <br /><br />The Super Eagles are due to leave Campinas on Friday for Brasilia, venue of the last 16 game against France on Monday evening.<br /><br />Nigeria is not the first African country to be involved in a bonus row at the ongoing World Cup. <br /><br />Only recently, Ghana squad threatened not to travel for the group fixture against Portugal while Cameroon delayed the trip to Brazil until an agreement was reached with the FA.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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