TTFF Special Advisor Jack Warner has expressed disappointment over Government’s Decision to grant $6 million to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for campaign to get to the next World Cup in Germany.
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Roger Boynes announced at Thursday’s cabinet briefing that after considering the original request of $13,993.00, the Government was prepared to meet some of it.
But Warner said he would not allow this to have any effect on the week leading up to the home leg against Bahrain at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday.
“I am in fact disappointed with that the Government has decided to give as a reply to our request but I will say more about this after November 16. For the time being all emphasis must be placed on these two games we have ahead of us,” Warner said.
He added that the Government had agreed to meet the request and had he known they would have then decided upon half of it, the decision to raise the ticket prices for November 12 to $300 and $150 would not have been withdrawn.
“They had agreed to meet this request and had we known this would have been the outcome we would have definitely gone through with raising the prices,” Warner said.
He also made it clear that the charter to Bahrain is costing close to $6.5 million and as such the monies being provided by the Government is in a sense already used up. He credited TSTT for purchasing 50 seats on the charter.