Findings of Gossips24.com reveals the budget of Ghana Black Stars for AFCON 2019 exceeds the ultimate cash prize for the winner of the tournament.
There have been several reports that Ghana Black Stars players will receive an appearance fee of $8,000 at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt this summer.
Each member of the 23-man squad will be smiling to the bank after reaching an agreement with the country’s Sports Ministry.
It is also on record from sources closer to Gossips24.com that each player will be given $1,000 as winning bonus.
Adding up, it is alleged that the black stars has presented a monstrous $15m budget to parliament. The budget is likely to be cut-down to $7.2m in the coming days.
Gossips24.com has the breakdown of the cash prizes for the AFCON 2019 and it will surprise you to know that Ghana’s budget exceeds the ultimate prize for the tournament.
Ghana aims to avert the 2014 FIFA World Cup brouhaha that brought huge disgrace to the country.
The erstwhile Mahama administration was forced to transfer $3million to players in Brazil in order to prevent them from actualising their threat to boycott the FIFA 2014 world cup.
The current government has agreed to pay the players $8,000 appearance fee for the continent’s flagship football tournament which kick start on June 21 in Egypt.
