FIFA Relief Funds: Super Eagles Austria Camp To Cost $150,000

FIFA Relief Funds: Super Eagles Austria Camp To Cost $150,000

By Editor

The proposed training camp for the Super Eagles in Austria in September would cost the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, $150,000.

The president of the federation, Amaju Pinnick was quoted to say that the funds for the camping and two friendly matches in Austria will be gotten from the FIFA Relief funds.

The NFF had already received the first instalment of FIFA Forward fund of One million dollars ($1 million) and additional Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) from CAF.

However, NFF chieftains want the Eagles' stars to be committed and that their clubs would release them for the game.

Though, consultation with the team’s stars’ European clubs would be conducted by Super Eagles’ manager Gernot Rohr.

Meanwhile, feedback from the Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr on the assignment will determine if the federation would commit money into the exercise coming up in September.

According to the source, Sportinglife, the NFF chiefs want to seize the opportunity of having two European countries in Austria during the period to have the Eagles play training games with them, though the matches would be non-scoring since September isn’t a FIFA-free window where points accrue to such international friendlies.

In fact, NFF’s tentative approach to getting the Eagles to converge on Austria rests with the fact that September isn’t a FIFA-free window which means that the European clubs are not duty-bound to release their players to their countries for international matches, especially during this Coronavirus pandemic.