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Black Stars midfielders, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari have been sacked from the team camp in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Citi Sports <\/strong>editor Gary Al-Smith who is in Brazil reports\u00a0the two have been thrown out for various acts of insubordination in the last few days.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how the sacking of the two will impact on the rest of the team who will be playing a major game on Thursday. The team had earlier threatened to boycott the Ghana-Portugal match if their appearance fees were not paid on time.<\/p>\n

Genesis<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a seemingly innocuous training ground incident turned sour when the two former teammates had a go at each other.<\/p>\n

Reports say that in the exchange of words that ensued, coach Kwesi Appiah misconstrued Boateng\u2019s words as being meant for him.<\/p>\n

The coach, reports say, shot back at Boateng, who then swore at him.<\/p>\n

Later, there were multiple reports that Muntari also assaulted a member of the Ghana team\u2019s management committee, Moses \u2018Mospacka\u2019 Armah.<\/p>\n

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Already suspended for Thursday\u2019s game, Citi Sports understands he has been sacked from camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moving on<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two key things also happened on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The coach publicly admitted at the mandatory pre-match press conference that the money issues threatening to wreck Ghana\u2019s final group game with Portugal was eating him up.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery coach will not want to be in this situation where players are requesting for money when you have such an important game to play,\u201d Appiah said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the best for me. For the past two days I have had sleepless nights. I have not been able to close my eyes,\u201d he added. \u201cNormally you sort this out before a major tournament. You can\u2019t keep telling the players the money will come when it hasnt come. It is unfortunate I find myself in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is not clear how the issues of bonuses not being paid to the players on time play into this scenario, but Citi Sports<\/em>\u00a0can report for sure that Kwesi Appiah asked both Muntari and Boateng to leave camp after Wednesday\u2019s training session.<\/p>\n

However, the two asked to be given their appearance fees \u2013 which was still yet to arrive in a chartered plane from Ghana \u2013 before leaving.<\/p>\n

The money eventually touched down in Brasilia at 8:30pm local time. [Click here for the full story and details]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After the monies were distributed, the two players were informed that they could leave the camp by 8am Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Turbulence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghana need to beat Portugal later on Thursday to stand any chance of leaving Group G alive.\u00a0But the self-destruct button has been hovering around the team for weeks.<\/p>\n

Al-Smith reports that the bickering over bonuses started when the team pre-camped in Miami, but it was successfully quelled by senior players who believed assurances from the state that the monies will be paid electronically before the World Cup.<\/p>\n

However, after the defeat to the USA and draw with Germany, the players began getting antsy and declared that they would not accept electronic payments altogether.<\/p>\n

The amounts \u2013 which are appearance fees for being part of the 23 selected for Brazil \u2013 to be given them are between $75,000 and $100,000 each.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Ghana FA had a hard time denying reports of player revolts allegedly because of poor hotel arrangements. And in the last several days, the team has also been rocked by match-fixing allegations leveled at the FA boss and two others.<\/p>\n

Facing Portugal<\/strong><\/p>\n

The camp is a mess, and it is likely that Boateng and Muntari\u2019s exit is the just the opening of a Pandora\u2019s box.<\/p>\n

In any case, Muntari would not have played against Portugal, as he is serving a suspension due to an accumulation of yellow cards.<\/p>\n

The Ronaldo-led Europeans have been quietly regrouping after a poor start themselves and the last thing Ghana need is to have two of their best out of the team.<\/p>\n

But the move from Appiah is typical of his style, say sources spoken to by Citi Sports<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u2018Silent Killer\u2019 by his players soon after taking charge of the team in April 2012, Appiah has a reputation for being quietly ruthless, as evidenced in the axing of Jordan and Andre Ayew from the 2013 African Cup of Nations\u2019 Cup.<\/p>\n

Appiah also made sure that Kevin-Prince Boateng\u2019s return from his self-imposed retirement was done on his terms.<\/p>\n

As this piece was being filed,\u00a0Citi Sports\u00a0<\/strong>understands that the inevitable calls by some influential people in government and the team are asking the coach to at least delay his decision.<\/p>\n

So far, he\u2019s sticking to his guns.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Report: Gary Al-Smith\/citifmonline.com\/Sao Paulo\/Brazil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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