The scandal surrounding Ghana’s 2014 World Cup campaign will be made into a movie.
The film will be based on the incident that happened when the Ghana team refused to train before their final group match against Portugal in June, due to not being paid.
Due to the incident, the Ghanian government sent $3 million in cash as payment to the players.
Players including Christian Atsu, Michael Essien and Albert Adoma were paid about $100,000 each the night before the big game.
Darryl Wharton-Rigby who will be writing the film, spoke with BBC’s World Service Sportshour and said this:
“It’s very much truth stranger than fiction.
I saw footage of the police cars taking the money on the highway and you can just that scene playing out in your mind with someone like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as the guy having to save the day.
You can see all kinds of mayhem happening on the highway.
I can see the poster now; lots of soccer balls, a stadium and a guy on the run.”
No actors have been cast for the film.
