All is not well in the camp of the Women team of Nigeria ahead of the start of the Women World Cup as the battle between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and head coach Randy Waldrum continue to drag on with just two weeks left to the start of the tournament, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Waldrum has been involved in a war of words with the NFF, who he claimed tried to imposed players on him but he refused and they fired back by denying him the chance to bring one of his trusted assistants to the team.
The NFF responded by calling the bluff of the coach and he has now decided to once again go against his employers, and this time around, he went as far as accusing them of siphoning money meant for the team’s preparation for the world cup given to all federations by FIFA.
The statement:
UP UNTIL ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, I HAD BEEN OWED 14 MONTHS SALARY, AND THEN THEY PAID 7 MONTHS SALARY.
WE STILL HAVE PLAYERS THAT HAVEN’T BEEN PAID SINCE 2 YEARS AGO WHEN WE PLAYED THE SUMMER SERIES IN THE USA…IT’S A TRAVESTY.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE QUIET ANYMORE….IN OCTOBER, EVERY COUNTRY WAS GIVEN $960,000 FROM FIFA TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP. WHERE’S THAT MONEY?
FIFA ALLOWS YOUR STAFF TO HAVE UP TO 22 PEOPLE BUT WE ONLY HAVE 11. WE DON’T HAVE SCOUTS TO WATCH THE TEAMS IN OUR GROUP OR POTENTIAL OPPONENTS.
