The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has paid Black Stars assistant video analyst Gerard Nus all his outstanding bonuses.
The GFA said it paid Mr Nus on Saturday, 25 March.
The GFA in a statement said: “The move to find the money to pay him on a weekend is the intrinsic desire by the GFA to see him paid so he can return to his family in Spain as soon as possible. The GFA also provided Mr Nus with the air ticket to ensure that he left on Saturday night.”
However, there was confusion between Mr Nus and management of the hotel where he was staying awaiting his money on Saturday.
According to the GFA, the confusion happened when Mr Nus refused to pay extra expenses he had incurred outside the agreed expenses to be paid by the GFA for his stay at the hotel.
The GFA said they paid for his food and accommodation while expenses like the use of the mini-bar, telephone, pay television and laundry must be paid by the individual.
According to the GFA, as stipulated in the Black Stars’ Code of Conduct, “all extra expenses incurred while staying at a hotel under the auspices of the team must be paid by the individual on check out”.
The FA disclosed that at a meeting on Thursday with Mr Nus, he was reminded that he would pay for all the extra expenses he made during his stay at the hotel, but he pleaded that the GFA pay his extra expenses, a request the FA denied.
The GFA’s statement explained: “When hotel officials asked him to pay his extra expenses when checking out on Saturday night, he descended into a frenzy by causing disorder and verbally assaulting hotel staff and security while causing discomfort for other guests in the hotel. The hotel insisted that it wouldn’t allow him to leave until he settled his bills.”
Mr Nus, while engaging in the altercation with hotel officials, was reminded he would pay the penalty if he failed to show up for his flight to Spain. “Despite these warnings, Nus refused to pay the hotel’s extra cost, resulting in him missing the flight,” the FA added.
The GFA has impressed upon Mr Nus to pay the hotel for the extra bills he incurred while reminding him that he will pay the penalty fee for missing the flight.
It would be recalled that at the end of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the entire technical team of the national team – both local and foreign – were not paid their bonuses because of financial difficulties.
The GFA engaged the staff to go home and be paid later when the money is available. Along with head coach Avram Grant they all agreed, but Mr Nus insisted on staying for as long as it took to receive his money.
Source:Ghana/AccraFM.com
