“Football is always about the team. No individual is bigger than the national team, and Victor knows that.”
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AFCON 2025: Super Eagles Players Refuse To Travel For Algeria Game Over Unpaid Bonuses
The Super Eagles players and coaches have declined to travel to Marrakech over unpaid bonuses.
This was revealed by BBC Africa journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji, who is in Morocco.
Nigeria are billed to take on Algeria in the quarter-final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday evening.
But it is understood they have not paid their bonuses for the four matches they have played.
Eric Chelle’s men beat Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda in the group fixtures, before they thrashed Mozambique 4-0 in the Round of 16.
They have taken the decision not to travel or train anymore until the bonuses issue is resolved.
John Mikel Obi, a former Super Eagles captain, has cautioned Victor Osimhen that he is “not bigger than the team.”
Mikel Obi was speaking on his podcast about the on-field clash between Osimhen and Ademola Lookman.
Both players were involved in an angry confrontation during Nigeria’s 4-0 victory over Mozambique at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Osimhen berated Lookman for not passing and signaled to the bench demanding to be substituted.
“The part where he stopped playing, running and making efforts; that part I don’t like,” Mikel Obi said.
“The part where he stood up after the game and walked straight into the dressing room. That part I didn’t like.
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lamented the denial of Super Eagles players their basic match allowances.
Nigeria qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, thanks to a 4-0 hammering of Mozambique on Monday night.
This is the first time they are winning their first four fixtures at the tournament in history.
The Super Eagles won all their Group C fixtures and again proved their superiority over the Mambas in Fez.
Ademola Lookman opened the scoring, before setting up Victor Osimhen doubled Nigeria’s lead before the break.
Osimhen got his brace almost immediately after being set up by Lookman again.
The fourth goal came after Akor Adams lashed in a powerful effort from inside the area.
Eric Chelle’s men will now wait for the winner of Burkina Faso vs DR Congo in the quarter-finals.
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