We’ve Not Been Paid For Winning Under-20 World Cup – Agyemang Badu

Daniel Agyemang-Badu, a former Black Stars midfielder, has pleaded with the government to settle the outstanding incentives due the 2009 Under-20 World Cup winning team.

In a Facebook post, Badu claimed that despite the achievement having occurred 15 years prior, the technical team and players have not yet received the promised compensation.

The former Unidese man pleaded with the government to pay the money owed to the team after he converted the go-ahead penalty to secure Ghana’s victory in Egypt.

“I know the package the government did for us when we won the under 20 World Cup 2009 is 15 years but I’m pleading if they can do something about it to release the money to some of our colleagues and the technical team.

“We won’t wait for anything to happen and come and pretend on camera. Please, hear us out. Thank you,” he wrote.

Ghana was led by Sellas Tetteh, who is currently ill, to victory in the 2009 U-20 FIFA World Cup, defeating Brazil on penalties. 

The trophy has only ever been won by Ghana in Africa.

He recently stated that the nation has not yet given him the promised $4000 payment for winning the World Cup.

“I have been discussing with Kurt Okraku because since we, the technical team when we won the World Cup they didn’t pay us any money,” he told Sports Obama TV.

“They didn’t pay us any money. There was a document for it. I went and discuss that with Kurt Okraku. At least they were supposed to give us $4000.

“As for the players their money and all those things, they were not paid anything. They kept it in an account for them. I have spoken to the people in charge and Kurt Okraku but he has been busy because of the World Cup. I will try and meet him and talk to him.”