Super Eagles Demand Appearance Fees For World Cup

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria stars demand World Cup appearance cash AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that Nigeria stars led by skipper Joseph Yobo and Mikel Obi have met with the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to demand an appearance fee for the World Cup. This is outside the match bonus, which starts at $10,000-a-man for a first round match win, announced for the players for Brazil 2014. “The players led by Yobo and Mikel met with NFF president Aminu Maigari and some of his officials to demand for their own share of the cash FIFA will pay the country for at least featuring in the first round of the World Cup,” a top source informed AfricanFootball.com Nigeria will already earn more than $9 million for qualification and participation in the first round of the 2014 World Cup and they will get more if they reach the knockout stages of the competition. For the World Cup warm-ups against Scotland, Greece and USA, each player received an appearance fee of $3,000.