ZIFA have said they won’t pull out of the Afcon finals, after agreeing terms with the Warriors, which was expected to see the association yesterday pay each member of the team, at least, US$2 500, while a further US$3 000 is expected to be channeled into the players’ and technical staff’s accounts by the fundraising committee.

The association believed the latest developments ensured that the Warriors trained last night and continue their preparations for the final Group A game against the Democratic Republic of Congo tomorrow night where a win could take them into the knockout stages of this tournament for the first time in their history.

A stalemate between Zifa and the players on Thursday night had resulted in the association exploring the possibility of pulling the Warriors out of the tournament.

The players wanted to be paid US$12 050 each by yesterday, which would include their final US$5 000 appearance fee for the match against the DRC, before they could commit themselves to fulfilling that game.

However, the team’s head of delegation, Farai Jere, who is also a Zifa board member, told our Harare Bureau yesterday that a follow-up meeting late on Thursday night cracked that impasse and the Warriors agreed to fulfill their remaining commitments here if they were paid US$5 500 yesterday.

“Like in any negotiations, positions change now and again and after another meeting last night, we were told that if we could source the US$5 500, which is split between the US$2 500 which we committed to pay as Zifa, and the US$3 000 which they were told will be paid by the fundraising committee, the players will fulfill their Afcon commitments,’’ Jere said.State media