Independence Day Cup from April 10
The club representatives of the professional football league decided to take part in the Independence Day Cup as the Bangladesh Football Federation promised to give them monetary benefit along with their due payments by the middle of next month.
“The meeting was on the development of football. We talked on how to work together and how to make the game regular. We shared each other's problems and discussed how to solve those,” BFF president Kazi Salahuddin told reporters after the meeting.
Initially there was no schedule for the Indepen-dence Day Cup tournament in this year's BFF calendar and most of the clubs refused to take part in the tournament citing the ongoing Bangladesh League as they have been struggling to pay their foreign recruits because of the lengthy league, which remained halted for one month due to the mid-term players' transfer window.
The BFF president also declared that they would hold the Independence Day Cup on a regular basis along with season's curtain-raiser Federation Cup, Bangladesh League and Super Cup, which was held only once after its introduction in 2009.
“The president has promised us to pay half of the participation money of the ongoing league and Tk 2 lakh each for the 12 teams by May 15 and clear all other dues before the completion of the Bangladesh League,” said Brothers Union football manager Amer Khan adding that they would now be preparing for the tournament, starting from April 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Meanwhile the Inde-pendence Day football tournament was last held in 2005. Amer however alleged that there was a lack of co-ordination between the clubs and the Bangladesh League committee, which takes decisions unilaterally.
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