CAF CL: Kotoko players boycott training ahead of Al-Hilal game

Asante Kotoko SC players have boycotted training in Sudan ahead of their crucial CAF Champions League game against Al-Hilal Omdurman due to unpaid bonuses.

The players are owed per diem of their last game in Mauritania against FC Nouadhibou where they drew 1-1. They qualified after FC Nouadhibou was disqualified. Our sources indicate that bonuses of that game is yet to be paid to the players.

According to a reliable source, winning bonuses of their games against Legon Cities FC and Dreams FC in the Ghana Premier League have also not been paid coupled with the monthly salaries of December 2020.

Footydreamsgh.com understands the players refused to train at the scheduled time and were engaged in a meeting with the management at the team’s hotel far away in Sudan.

The first leg of this fixture saw the Porcupine Warriors lose 1-0 to the Sudanese giants at the Accra Sports Stadium a fortnight ago.

The second leg is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 9 January 2021 at the Al Hilal Stadium.