Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation have allegedly rejected coach Randy Waldrum’s roster for the Women’s World Cup, which begins July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
This is coming just as the federation paid the coach seven months’ salary ($70,000) out of the 14 months owed him.
source in the Falcons camp told our correspondent that some NFF officials asked the coach to include an unnamed home-based player in his squad, but the American refused.
This, according to our source, irked the officials, who allegedly vowed that if he didn’t include the player, they won’t allow him to bring in his American assistant for the World Cup.
They want the coach to take a local player he has never had in camp before nor seen in person. They said if he refused to do so, then they won’t let him bring his assistant coach,” our source said.
It was also learnt that the initial plan was to have the Falcons camped in Abuja for three weeks from June 20, from where Waldrum would select his final World Cup squad, but the NFF allegedly jettisoned the plan and the Falcons would now travel straight to Australia July 2 for the World Cup.
The new arrangement gives Waldrum just 10 days to prepare his squad for the World Cup.