'Can expect some tough measures'
The executive committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday forwarded the unanimously approved probe report of the national team's debacle in the SAFF Suzuki Cup to the National teams' Committee (NTC), hinting that some tough measures might come about in the final decision.
The report is believed to contain some damning allegations and suggestion of punitive measures against a number of players of the team due to indiscipline. It has been reported that the report suggested suspension of two players and measures against five others after its detailed investigation into the causes of the SAFF performance, where the team were knocked out of the group stages.
However BFF's senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedy declined to disclose any recommendations made in the report.
“The report has been unanimously approved, without any alterations to its original form, and has been handed over to the NTC, which will hopefully come out with a decision within a week,” Murshedy told reporters after the meeting.
“This is a very confidential issue. There are recommendations here which are not easy ones. So we can expect some tough decisions coming. I won't say any names, but I believe the recommendations that have been made and hope the decisions that will come through, are of a nature of extreme importance to our football,” Murshedy added.
Meanwhile, the meeting also decided that an extra-ordinary general meeting of the game's governing body will be held in Chittagong on March 12 while the meeting also approved the by-laws for the National Football Championship, which is likely to kick off within a month.
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