Covered in a major match fixing scandal, Zimbabwe Senior Men’s team, The Warriors, have been dumped in Egypt by the Zimbabwean football mother body, ZIFA.

The controversial mother body has again found itself caught off side after they failed to secure funds to fly the players out of Egypt with details that the players were told to use their own money to get back to their destinations.

Before being unceremoniously knocked out of the ongoing AFCON tournament in Egypt by the DRC in a match that is now rumoured to have been thrown, the warriors had their Afcon campaign marred by money issues and threatened twice not to fulfil their games until they get their dues.

According to KickOff.com, ZIFA told the players the association’s coffers were dry and they had to buy their own plane tickets to return to their different destinations.

“Well the players are back now, they booked flights themselves to Jozi (S.A) and some to Zim,” an unnamed source told the football website.

“They [ZIFA] say they don’t have money, they are waiting for the money from CAF,”

“Other players had to book for those who didn’t have money so they could just go.

“But the players they won’t tell you because they are afraid of ZIFA, to be banned and stuff, you know our country. You know the story.”

Zimbabwe failed to progress to knockout stage of the tournament for the second successive time.