An investigative journalist, Romain Molina, has revealed an allegation that the National U-17 Team of Ghana had to forfeit their appearance fees.
The well-known French investigative journalist has been the topic of discussion since Ghana’s exit from the World Cup, revealing on his YouTube handle that some players for Cameroon and Ghana paid cash for their inclusion into the final squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
In a Twitter space session, a French journalist who is currently living in Spain made sensational unconfirmed claims about footballers, particularly about the popular investigation on the French Premier League, revealing that many players who are now part of the French Premier League were involved in this mega-scandal.
After exposing the bribery allegations at the camp of the Black Stars of Ghana and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, he has granted a video interview to Kumasi-based FM/TV station, Sompa.
Romain Molina was confident in repeating the previous video on his YouTube stories and revealed some information about the National U-17 team of Ghana in a zoom interview with Michael Asare Boadu of Sompa FM/TV.
Molina told Boadu, “Players had to pay money to the coaching staff just to get a chance to be part of the Ghana U17 team in 2017 (U17 World Cup) in India… it’s now a ritual to respect that as a new player or young player who wants to join the team at any level”
He stressed in the interview that some players were afraid to disclose the canker in the Ghanaian football system. He explained, “Some of the players are scared to talk about the system in our national team (the Black Stars), but don’t be surprised to see some of these players (stars) come out to condemn these things happening in the team very soon.”
The investigative journalist pointed out West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) as an academy side that is not giving fair treatment to their players; he stated, “The WAFA academy in Ghana is trading players like slaves, and very soon I will be bringing it out. The football system in Ghana has made it difficult for even players of the national team to speak up.”
He was optimistic about the national U-17 players of Ghana giving back their bonus fee to their authorities, as he explained, “I mean, that’s a shame that the U-17 national team has to give back their bonus fee because this money could help their families, so that is terrible.”
