Fifty-seven-year-old former footballer, John Fashanu, has said that England still pays him N5m as pension for playing for its national team years back.
This sharply contrasts with the ugly experience many Nigerian (Super Eagles) players or former ones have when it comes to remunerations.
Many ex-Eagles indeed often face very hard times as they get nothing from the government.
In an interview with ‘Daily trust’, Fashanu, who defended Tammy Abrahams over hisbdecision to play for England and not Nigeria, said:
“Till today, I still get my benefits, my pensions. I get N5m monthly as pensions for being an ex-footballer in England and I am now in my 50s.
“Tammy knows why he hasn’t played for the Super Eagles and it’s because there is more financial benefits playing for England, there is more glory and less wahala. Why do we ask the boy to play for Nigeria and torture him? .
“We need to step up. Tammy is a massive miss for Nigeria. Nobody went to London to talk to him and explain to him the benefits of playing for his motherland.
“And when you hear what happened to Kanu Nwankwo, Jay Jay Okocha, did anybody come out to defend him over his tax bills, did anybody come out to defend Kanu when he had issues with his hotel?”
