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Ghana ExCo member Sarfo advises unhappy Premier League clubs over Covid-19 relief fund

Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council member Nana Oduro Sarfo has implored club officials to get over issues surrounding the nation's controversial Covid-19 relief fund disbursement plan.

Last week, the national football governing body announced it was expecting a combined amount of $1.8 million (€1.6m) from Fifa and Caf in support of some domestic football stakeholders in the wake of the coronavirus disruptions.

The GFA went on to announce its intended disbursement plan for the funds but some allocations have generated nothing but controversy, the biggest complaints coming from the elite division clubs.

“If Fifa had not given us the Covid-relief grant, what would club officials have done?