No PTF Bonus For Eagles 2010 W/Cup

There will be no additional bonuses for the Super Eagles from the Presidential Task Force at the World Cup in South Africa.

Segun Odegbami, former Green Eagles captain and member of the PTF, said in Lagos that the PTF had helped push through the current incentive package offered to the team by the Nigeria Football Federation  (NFF) and would not be doing any more.

“We have made a huge contribution to ensure that the bonus package proposed by the NFF was approved by the Presidency. We believe that is enough.

“This is the highest bonus ever in the history of the national team.

“If they win, maybe we can consider coming in with additional bonuses but for now, what they have been given is enough.”

Odegbami, who was accompanied by Larry Izamoje and Austin Okocha, added that the PTF would be prepared to intervene in the team’s affairs at the World Cup, only if a crisis arose.

“Remember in 1994, before the game against Italy, there was a major incident in the camp. It was so bad that the coach slept in a different hotel from the players.

“Maybe if we had a PTF then, things would have been different. But now, we will go there and we will not interfere in the team’s affairs. If there is a need to make a critical intervention, that is when we will come in.”