2022 World Cup: Black Stars players to be paid qualification bonus, not winning bonus - Akwasi Agyemang

Published on: 27 October 2022

Black Stars management committee vice-chairman Akwasi Agyemang has disclosed players will be paid a qualification bonus instead of winning bonus during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The biggest soccer mundial has been scheduled for November and December this year, with 32 countries set to battle it out for the covetous trophy in Qatar.

Ghana has been housed in Group H at the mundial against Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.

The West African powerhouse will open their World Cup account against Portugal on November 24 before taking on Uruguay and South Korea respectively.

Speaking at the Happy FM World Cup dialogues on how the African teams can break the quarter-final jinx, the Ghana Tourism Authority CEO revealed the management team has negotiated well with the players and they have accepted to take qualification bonuses at the World Cup.

The Black Stars were entitled to $10,000 as winning bonuses which was later slashed to $5,000 in their previous games played in the qualifiers and tournaments

At the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Cameroon, the players agreed to the qualification bonuses which was well negotiated by the current Black Stars management committee.

“We have had a series of meetings with the players and agreed on qualifying bonuses. The players agreed because we took a leaf from our predecessors.

“We made the players understand that the money does not come from us the management committee but the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Finance”.

“The players are now aware of what they are entitled to but funding is another issue, which is why President Nana Akufo-Addo organized the fundraiser to get some money from Corporate Ghana for the team”, he added.

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