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Flying Eagles refuse to leave lodge after crashing out from FIFA U-20 World Cup
 
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Tue, 4 Jun 2019   ||   Nigeria,
 

As exclusively reported by allnigeriasoccer.com's editorial staff, Nigeria's Flying Eagles have refused to leave the Hotel Ambasador Premium in Lodz following their World Cup defeat at the hands of Senegal on Monday evening.

As the U-20 players returned to their hotel last night, they started protesting the non payment of their entitlements since the commencement of preparation for the World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has not paid the players their camp allowances and winning bonus for qualifying to the round of sixteen of the World Cup, which sums up as US$5,000 for each player.

It will be recalled that the Flying Eagles officials gave the players dropped in Germany a parting gift of US$100.00 each which did not go down well with the players, and one of the foreign based players rejected the money for being too meagre.

Now, the Flying Eagles players are upset that the Nigerian Federation don't want to fulfill their obligations to the team and have claimed that the money has been released by the Federal Government.

The players have refused to shift their ground and have missed their flights to their respective destination.

 

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