Togo's long-running payment saga about to
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BERLIN, June 20 (Reuters) - The long-running saga over the
outstanding wages and bonuses owed to Togo's players will be
resolved in the next few days with FIFA ensuring they are
paid.
The money was not being provided by soccer's world
governing body but FIFA would ensure it was
paid out of Togo's World Cup payment account of seven
million Swiss francs ($5.66 million), said FIFA's director of
communications Markus Siegler.
'The money is being paid by the Togolese FA out of their
account,' Siegler told reporters at FIFA's daily media briefing on
Tuesday. 'It is not additional money, it is money that
belongs to the Togo FA. It is being drawn from their account and
paid to the players. And that is, finally, the end of the
matter.'
Source:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=371826&&cc=3436
Clearly there is an "element of doubt" that the Togo FA will
hand over the cash even now...
dairyflat2007-06-22 15:57:52
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger. Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.