Kwesi Nyantakyi, the Ghana Fooball Association (GFA) president has admitted they owe former national team, the Black Stars, assistant coach Gerard Nus bonuses but, he will be paid when money is made available by the ministry of youths and sports.
Nus, who was assistant to Israeli coach Avram Grant, during the 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon, has stayed put in Ghana till he is paid and is mooting reporting the GFA to the world governing body, FIFA, as the next step.
“I am still in Ghana. They have not paid me for AFCON and two qualifying games (against Mauritius and Rwanda).
“I won’t leave Ghana until I am paid. I am told if I leave I may never get the money,” the Spaniard told Osasu Obayiuwana, BBC journalist.
However, in a rejoinder, Kwesi has questioned Nus’s “strange posture” saying there is nothing peculiar in his case, as the entire technical bench is owed.
“Admittedly there’s a delay but there’s no denial of indebtedness. Owing someone is no crime, no shame,” Kwesi told Inside Africa Football (IAF).
“Since AFCON, efforts continue to be made to pay technical staff of the Black Stars. The indebtedness to Gerald is not peculiar to him but the entire technical team. In Ghana the ministry of youth and sports has responsibility to make these payments. I gather from my personal endeavors that the debt will be redeemed,” he cleared the brewing storm.
Nonetheless GFA cannot give a definite date the money will be availed, “We are even kind to accommodate hoping the payment will be made soon. Avram Grant understood that he would be paid when the money is ready so he left. There’s no way the bonuses owed won’t be paid. I cannot commit to a date because that’s outside the control of the GFA.”
Nus is staying at a hotel in the capital Accra, where GFA is footing the bills.
Kwesi discloses that the standoff between Nus and GFA started in Gabon, “He’s generally hysterical. He started this attitude in Gabon. One day he threatened not to go for training with team his contract status wasn’t clarified.”
