Super Falcons: FIFA to pay World Cup prize directly to players
World football body, FIFA, has announced its plan to pay directly into the players’ accounts of the winners of the ongoing women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand.
FIFA secretary-general, Fatma Samoura, confirmed this in a viral video on social media saying the policy change is due to unpaid allowance issues involving Nigeria’s Super Falcons.
Recall that Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum, had earlier revealed that some players are owed “per diem and bonuses” from two years ago.
The development caused a stir and almost affected the preparation of the Nigerian players with most of them insisting on missing the training to protest their unpaid bonuses.