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Ahead of the friendly match against Cameroon,
The spate of withdrawals has resulted in allegations that some players are deliberately declining the call ups due to a backlog of unpaid allowances from previous games and not because they are injured.
Reacting to the news, Pinnick, in a chat with Arise TV on Wednesday, confirmed that the federation is indeed owing allowances but dismissed that as the cause for the withdrawals.
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He added that COVID-19 is the biggest reason why the federation is short of funding as its sponsors are still reeling from the economic impact of the pandemic.
Ebenezer Bajela Published 29 May 2021Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, says he expects to see a different Cameroonian squad from the side that lost to Nigeria during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, when both continental arch-rivals clash in Austria for an international friendly at the Weiner Neustadt Stadium in Vienna, Austria on June 4.Since taking over the Eagles’ job in 2016, the Franco-German had never lost to the five-time African.
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’Tosin Oluwalowo Published 28 May 2021Former Super Eagles players have frowned on Gernot Rohr’s decision inclusion of Galatasaray defender Valentine Ozornwafor in the Eagles squad for next month’s international friendly against Cameroon in Austria, The PUNCH reports.Ozornwafor was called up for the game despite his lack of playing time in the Turkish topflight in the just-concluded season.It is the first time in two years he would be making a.
’Tosin Oluwalowo Published 28 May 2021Former Super Eagles players have frowned on Gernot Rohr’s decision inclusion of Galatasaray defender Valentine Ozornwafor in the Eagles squad for next month’s international friendly against Cameroon in Austria, The PUNCH reports.Ozornwafor was called up for the game despite his lack of playing time in the Turkish topflight in the just-concluded season.It is the first time in two years he would be making a.