BFF owes Tk 2.8 crore to clubs

A top Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) official yesterday said that the cash-strapped federation owes nearly Tk 2.8 crore to the top clubs participating in the Professional Football League. The dues are mostly participation and prize money pending for the last three seasons.

The issue of unpaid bills has been addressed recently when Sheikh Jamal demanded the BFF to clear their prize and participation money worth Tk 82 lakh. Mohammedan on Saturday last claimed that the BFF owes Tk 80-90 lakh to them. Abahani have dues of Tk 45 lakh while other clubs have average dues of Tk 10 to 15 lakh each.

 “We have pending dues approximately Tk 2.8 crore as the participation fees and prize money for different competitions of last three seasons,” informed BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag yesterday adding that they have been trying to clear all dues to the clubs.

Replying to a query, Shohag said, “We don't get enough money from the sponsors to run either the professional football league or other tournaments, so we have to make up the deficit budget of the league or tournaments from our own funds. That's why we can't clear all payments to the clubs timely.”