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01.10.2014 Sports News

Ghana FA suffered more than anyone when Black Stars appearance fees delayed- Nyantakyi

By ghanasoccernet.com
Ghana FA suffered more than anyone when Black Stars appearance fees delayed- Nyantakyi
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By Kwabena Boadu
Ghana FA management members suffered more as a result of the delay in the payment of appearance fees for the Black Stars at the World Cup, president Kwesi Nyantakyi told the World Cup Commission of Inquiry.

Nyantakyi cited the physical attack on management committee member Moses Armah by midfielder Sulley Muntari.

He made this point to dismiss the suggestions that the management could have been behind the player agitations.

Nyantakyi stated that the Ghana FA persisted in trying to get the players to accept the US$ 82,500 and then to get them to be patient when the money was delaying.

“The issues over the appearance fees were really problematic and it caused so much stress to us. Trainings were being boycotted and management members were being physically attacked. Who knows, the President (GFA) would've been the next to be physically attacked,” Nyantakyi said.

The Ghana FA president said management members of the team kept assuring the players that the money would be played based on assurances they also got from officials – a situation he said turned the players against the management at some point.

“We knew that the money was coming based on representation made to us by officials which we communicated to the players. Based on that, they also believed that the money was coming,” Nyantakyi said.

He described the behavior of the players as arising out of a pent-up feeling.

“We were subjected to all forms of abuse by the players but we kept our cool because we had to manage the situation,” he said.

The GFA President said if he had known the money would delay he could have told the players that they would be paid after they returned and that it was highly possible that the players would have accepted those terms.

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