"We have been paying this $5000 as an appearance fee [for friendlies] since 2006. He had also added that the FA always incurs debt when such friendlies are played because they usually have to top up for other costs. Afriyie referred to the Fifa rules that say a country cannot play two friendlies on two continents before a qualifier. “The Russian FA wrote back to us indicating that they can sanction the match for it to be played in Moscow. “People are asking how much did the Russian paid us.

Source: GhanaWeb September 09, 2016 19:30 UTC