The president of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, decided to spoil Emerse Faé and his players, freshly sacred African champions.
Host country of the African Cup of Nations 2024, Côte d’Ivoire won “its” competition after an extraordinary course. At the edge of the chasm after the group stage, the elephants went through a mouse hole to reach the direct elimination phase.
Serge Aurier and his teammates then chained miracles, eliminating Senegal in goal (1-1), Mali (2-1) and DR Congo (1-0), before winning in the final in front of Nigeria (2-1).
A pretty bonus and a villa for players
A coronation that will bring big to elephants. According to Ivorian journalist Malick Traoré, the president of the country, Alassane Ouattara, plans to pay around 150,000 euros to the Emerse Faé coach, who took over from Jean-Louis Gasset during competition. The players, on the other hand, will receive 75,000 euros each, but also a villa of equivalent value.
In addition, elephants will receive $ 7 million from the African Football Confederation (CAF) for winning the third CAN in their history, after 1992 and 2015.
