Mohammedan Sporting Club has requested the IFA to postpone the team’s opening match in the forthcoming CFL Premier Division scheduled on 29th June against Peerless Sports Club.
The reason is Fifa’s ban on the club’s registration process for the footballers. The ban has been imposed after a couple of footballers including the foreigners lodged a complaint for not being cleared of their dues of contracted money in the last season.
The club’s vice-president Qamaruddin when asked about the issue revealed, “It is not our fault. Our partner made two-year or three-year contracts with many footballers. Not only that, several footballers were overpriced and some of them moved to Fifa after not being cleared of their dues. Naturally, now responsibility has come over us. We need nearly Rs 30 Lakhs now to clear the dues and lift the ban. We will do that but need a little bit of time. That is why, we have requested the IFA to defer our opening match against Peerless SC. We have seven senior footballers who are training with the team. But if we cannot complete their registration then the team for the CFL will be weak.”
However, IFA secretary Anirban Dutta, commenting on the issue, informed they have not yet received any such request letter. They will think over the matter after receiving the letter.
