 Monday, Thalmas, can you hear me? We're hoping that we're able to have that connection with Monday. Monday, can you hear me? Monday, can you hear me? Match day three, hopefully, not even day three. I mean, we're talking about Thought Please Down. Madagascar would be playing Gere Public, and that'll be today. And for the final game would be between Algeria and Senegal. That's for February the 4th. It's on Saturday. That's tomorrow. But looking at it so far, I mean, a lot of people are saying that it probably might just be going to Senegal. Senegal would be such an outstanding team so far. They have been very great in terms of their performance. Let's also not forget that when Algeria met Niger at the time, it was 5-0. And, you know, maybe, just maybe, Algeria will be taking that one at the final. Goofy, I don't know what your thoughts are. I see you nodding your head. And you're thinking about more analysis. Yes. Because I think that Senegal is also a strong team. And then if you look at the fact that, you know, Algeria is also not, you know, a walk in the park. It might just be two teams. It might be difficult to decide who becomes a winner. Yes, indeed, Mercy. The African Nations Championship is an interesting tournament. And we've been following it right from the beginning. I think that the World Cup took a bit of a shine because people have been filled to the brim with the World Cup and may not be too keen on following an African Championship like this. But it is important that people follow because the games have been at high level, highest level of national team. Do is a tournament for African-based players. You know, is a tournament for African-based players. So it gives us a chance to see local eagles, for instance, local Black Stars, local Atlas Lions, local Ferros, local Teranga Lions, local Indomitable Lions. And let's see the local talent that these teams have, you know, in store. So that's what I was thinking of CAF. But I think Monday is back. So Mercy, you can go and ask your question. Well, Monday, we are asking that what exactly becomes of these two teams tomorrow? I mean, today I beg your pardon, because tomorrow will be the final and Algeria will be taking on, you know, Senegal. But for today, Madagascar and Niger Republic, for the third place, what do you see panning out? I mean, it's a fantastic tournament ongoing in Algeria and without a doubt, you wouldn't doubt that. The Algerian side who are the host nation will be making it to the final. Well, in every African Cup of Nations in this order, it is always, it goes to show how good the local leagues have been. And Nigeria did not make it to the Chan just because I'm pretty sure it's an obvious reason. We did not have our league ongoing and our league was in a very poor state. But I'm thankful. I'm happy that things are taking shape in the current season of the NPFL. But let's see what is happening in Algeria later on tonight. We'll see Nijay taking on Madagascar. Nijay knocked out Ghana. And this is not the first time they knocked out Ghana. They also knocked out Ghana in 2011. So it is a tournament where everyone is showing that they are not minors. For Madagascar, this is the first ever appearance at the African Nations Championship. Look at how far they went to the semifinal and now they'll be playing for third place. It's going to be a colossal encounter later on tonight. But for the finals, it's certainly going to be a great game because the Senegalist League is working very well. They produce great players, week in, week out, they produce great players year in, year out. I mean, it's a fantastic league going on in Senegal and for Algeria. I mean, you know that it looks like the nothingness in Africa that somehow created a monopoly when it comes to competitions in Africa. If you take a look at the Egyptians, they are the most successful. As far as the African is concerned, if you take a look at the competition scope and as well as the CAF Champions League, they had a nothing as well, always running with it. So they have a great league. They have a great league and that final is certainly going to go down to the wire. It's not going to be a one that we'll easily predict but if I'm just going to flip my papers and take a look at the antecedents of Algeria and their local clubs, I think Algeria will be sending me to go later on tomorrow. And Monday, how? I mean, the Chan, the Championship of African Nations or African Nations Championship as you may want to call it is for African-based players. How much can we say this is a barometer of how well the local leagues are performing because I'm looking at countries that have strong leagues in Africa. If you want to look at the CAF Champions League over the years, you won't look at the Cop Winners Cup, the CAF Cup, now they turn into Confeditions Cup over the past years. I mean, I don't see those countries doing well. I mean, look at the winners of the CAF Champions League for the past three years. Wider Casablanca, Morocco, Al Ali, of course, the most successful club in Africa, Egypt, Esperance, Tunisia. You have Mamalouli Sundown, South Africa, TP Mazembe, DR Congo. These are the countries that we have been seeing and of course, who won it back to back in 2003 and 2004. These are the countries that we know do well on the African stage. So Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, you have Nigeria, Ghana, DR Congo, but we're seeing Madagascar push it themselves all the way to the semi-finals of this competition. We're seeing Niger push themselves all the way to the semi-finals of this competition. Even Senegal, you talked about. I can't even remember the last time any Senegalese team did Superb or Fantastic at the CAF Champions League. I'll even rate the Ivorian League in a way, clubs like Club Africa are second to most higher than the Senegalese League. Look at countries like Mozambique, doing well, Mauritania. So where is Cameroon? Why are we seeing Cameroon do well? Ghana, that got beat by Niger. It made me so sad. Why aren't the Ghanians doing well? To some great extent, to some great extent, to some great extent, to some great extent, it goes to show how good the local leagues are. I'm not saying completely because there are some countries that their football association is working. You can't tell me the football association of the Senegalese side can be compared to any other country. These are sides that we've seen them at the World Cup. They are the current winners of the Afghan. So let's say that the football association is working very right to ensure that whatever they put on in the national stage is something quality. Well, of course, I'll agree with you that Senegalese League, when it comes to the Kaif Convergence Cup and the Kaif Chapter Just League, they're not the talk of the town. But when it comes to the national team right now, they are a side that everyone can't beat, everyone is trying to beat. They are forced to reckon with. So I'll agree with you, but when it comes to the likes of Morocco, if you can remember starting this tournament, Morocco qualified, but they have some kind of political issue with Algeria because of their games and they were forced by Kaif to withdraw. All right. So for Morocco, you may mention of one athletic of Morocco. Of course, they have a great football team when it comes to club football, but Morocco could not make it to the tournament because of political issues they have with Algeria. For Egypt, Egypt will also have a repertoire of winning titles when it comes to club in Africa, but they do not qualify to the tournament. I understand your argument. They are not doing so well, but they are through to the big stages the likes of Madagascar and Nijay. They also made mention of Congo, Tipi Mazzimbe. I'd like to say that it's really can make up a forest. You can only mention one club from Congo, right? What happens to the other club? So if Tipi Mazzimbe are doing well, they can't completely show that in Congo the club football is great. So it's only Tipi Mazzimbe you can actually point at. For Nigeria, I think they did not make it to that competition because our league was in a very poor state. It was, right? But right now, I'm very proud of it. All right. Let's look at all the issues that we have. Moving away from that, we look at the issue of the NFF paying Super Falcons, the Nations Cup bonuses. I mean, that game though has been played. But I'd like to ask, why is this a recurrent incident? Why does this happen every all the time for us? Mercy, I'm very sure you're from Nigeria, just like I am. It doesn't work like I hear. The country where when it comes to football, we have to expect this because it's been happening time and time again and hopefully the new administration are going to turn a new leaf. Like I said, this is not the first time. I think way back in 2010 and 2016, we have bonuses delayed. And for these bonuses that were paid some days ago, it's just for the first three games. The first three games and the quarterfinals. That is the game where in the group stages and the one in the quarterfinal, the bonuses for the semifinals and as well as the third place, not been paid yet. So we see how to wait. But I think it's late, but better late than never. We know that the country is still developing. Of course, Nigeria is a developing country and we should not take it so hard. It is wrong, completely wrong for bonuses to be delayed. We should understand with the Nigerian economy whether people running football and just pray and be optimistic that things will change for better. And just counting down about 12 days ago for that revelation cup that invitational tournaments we played in Mexico. I'm pretty sure they're trying to just get the girls motivated for the competition. I saw the squad, very good squad and they're just trying to motivate the girls by letting them know hey, we still have you in our minds. We still want you to pay our bonuses. But why does this have to happen? Why does it have to happen this way? It's just like seven weeks or seven months and a few weeks to the next tournament and this is going on. First your guess is as good as mine. Seriously, I don't know man, but we have to this is a country that it happens all the time. So I don't know, are we expecting that it should have been paid earlier? I didn't now expect that. We shouldn't have this money. I mean if you're asking me should Debbie owed in the first place? That's the question. They shouldn't be owed because football you play there is no pension for football. So if you play you've got to get your money so that you can take care of yourself so they can come back for the next challenge. But in Nigeria, we see that that's not the case. They don't think like that when it comes to football administrators. But I'm just taking a look at the positives that the money is laid but at least it's before the revelation cup and to boost this girl's motivation to represent Nigeria in the upcoming World Cup as well. Alright, let's see what happens like you said, it's the same old story with Nigerian football and the administration of football in the country. Maybe we should just finally hand football over to some combatants and former players who've been around the world and who've seen the standards and how things are done What is happening? Around the world. Alright Monday, thank you very much. We're looking forward to the weekend. I cannot personally wait to see how Arsenal first. This weekend probably win the league but I'm still on top rather with the new acquisitions like Georgino Kivio and Trousad trying to help the team to win the EPL. But it's a good time to be an Arsenal fan. Sorry, it's a good time to be an Arsenal fan. It's going to be alright. I'll say Arsenal at the point. Alright, alright. I'll say Go ahead. The talking point right now is Chelsea. Of course, of course. In the space of six months of Toi Boli led administration of signed eight players I think 14 players, eight of them in the general transport and in total they've spent about 585 million pounds in about six months. I think there should be the talking point. All I should be on Chelsea and see what they do today at the London Derby at 9pm when they take on Fulham. Everyone wants to see Chelsea. They want to see Madrid. We have to go now. I'm sure the headline will be when you spend 700 million euros and then get beat by Fulham. That would be a good hand. Thank you so much for your time Monday. Thank you so much. What's the size of your package? We don't talk about Liverpool these days. I know you're trying to true shade. It's a subtle one but it's fine. My club is not in England. It's been a very difficult season for Liverpool. I'm not even sure that I'm keeping up because it's really heartbreaking to watch Liverpool for all of that. She'll bounce back. She'll bounce back. It's been a conversation. Thank you so much for being with us. It's been an amazing week Monday up until this moment. We do really appreciate your time and we look forward to having you join us next week for the breakfast but of course the programming continues with the news. Of course at 9pm this morning the news brief and for the rest of the day please just stay tuned. Go and get your permanent My name is Kofi Bartels and I am messy but we'll have a fantastic morning.