Rivers United players reject allowances

Vision FM SPORT has scooped that Rivers United players are protesting against what they term as “poor welfare” in the CAF Confederation Cup and have even rejected an allowance paid to them before the Group A match against KCCA of Uganda alleging they were shortchanged.

Several players told visionfm sport they have been paid less than what was agreed as their travel allowances for the Confederation Cup.

Their agitation reached a head on the eve of this week’s clash against Ugandan champions KCCA when they rejected what was paid to them as allowances because it was less than half of what they were supposed to get.

“We are not being paid what was agreed we will get for the Confederation Cup,” the player informed visionfm sport “That was why we rejected the daily allowances leading up to the KCCA match because it was less than half of what we are entitled to.

“We also have received far less than was promised us when we travel out of the country for the Confederation Cup.”

A top sports official had threatened the players’ salaries will not be paid if they failed to beat KCCA on Tuesday.

Thankfully, they won 2-1, but they are now third on the table with six points after Club Africain of Tunisia defeated FUS Rabat 2-1 in a late group game Tuesday night.

All four teams have recorded six points each with goals difference separating them.

Rivers United will host Club Africain on July 2 in continuation of the annual competition.