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The Ghana Senior National Women's team, Black Queens, have threatened to boycott their game against Zambia due to unpaid bonuses.
Ghana will face Zambia in the third round of qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games to be staged in Paris, France, after going past the first two rounds.
IT’S HAPPENING @SistaAfia_, is just reporting now that the Black Queens players are considering boycotting the Zambia game on Friday if their outstanding bonuses are not paid by then.
— Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo (@Fentuo_) February 21, 2024
I don’t support players holding the country to ransom over money, but I don’t even blame… pic.twitter.com/fDed8le4Ic
The Black Queens beat Guinea and Benin en route to reaching this stage of the qualifiers. However, the players are looking to snub the clash against the Copper Queens due to unsettled bonuses.
According to reports, there was a lengthy meeting held at the team's hotel on Tuesday night following their return from training.
Nora Hauptle's women are owed bonuses for three rounds of qualifiers across all competitions since the Swiss trainer took over the club.
The team has played 11 games under Hauptle with eight of them being competitive games which includes qualifiers for the Olympic Games and the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
The games include two meetings each against Guinea, Rwanda, Benin and Namibia.
They have been paid only for the qualifier against Guinea with the other three yet to be settled.
For a tie, each player is expected to be paid $2,500 which leaves the three unpaid bonuses amounting to $7,500.
Prior to the team regrouping ahead of the game against Zambia, there were assurances from the Ghana Football Association that the Sports Ministry had promised to pay the team.
The unpaid bonuses of the Black Queens have become an issue in the last few days but Chairperson of the Management Committee, @afiaoware told me they have received assurances the money will be paid before the game against Zambia. pic.twitter.com/YEOwY4BaBD
— Lawrence Baidoo (@kweku_lawrence) February 16, 2024
However, there has been no communication just yet with just days away from the fixture.
The first leg of the game is set for Friday, February 23, with the return leg to be played on February 28.
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