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FIFA World Cup largesse: Enyimba, Ifeanyi Ubah pocket N43m

 

The 2018 world Cup in Russia may have come and gone but the financial blessing from it is still rolling in. Premier league clubs Enyimba and Ifeanyi Ubah are to pocket  N42.7million ( about$118,860)  each for having their one and only player Ikechukwu  Ezenwa at the world cup.

Ezenwa it will be recalled was the only player from the local league that made Coach Gernot Rohr’s 23-man squad to Russia where Nigeria failed to go beyond the group stage.

While the Nigeria professional football league could boast of just one player, the Tunisian league and Egyptian leagues respectively provided more players thus earning more.

Formidable clubs like Zamalek, Ah Ahly, Club Africain, Esperance, Etoile sportive known for making waves in the continent all earned millions of dollars for parading local players.

Prior to the world cup the need to include more of the local players in the team for exposure and blend took the center stage among fans and analysts alike in Nigeria, but the national coach stood his ground.

In a recent interview however the German tactician said the local league players remain in his plan adding that his assistants have been mandated to keep track of the players doing well in their clubs with a view to giving them a chance prove their skills in the national team especially ahead of the 2019 Nations cup and the 2022 World cup in Qatar respectively.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the clubs deserve to share in the success of the competition as they were key contributors to the World Cup itself.

“The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of football, generating passion and emotion from every player and every fan in every corner of the world. It is FIFA’s responsibility to redistribute the revenues of this unique competition among the entire football community, and clubs, obviously, deserve to share in this success as they were key
contributors.

“I’m very pleased to see that teams from so many different regions will benefit from this programme, which will help to develop football even further around the globe,” said Infantino.

A total of USD 209 million was paid out to 416 clubs from 63 member associations which is a 200% increase from previous edition under the benefits programme.

 

 

 

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