Complaints against 4 players

Although Bangladesh football has stepped into 12th year of professional football, with two tiers of professional league being played regularly, the country's clubs and footballers are yet to act like professionals as far as transfer is concerned.

Complaints against footballers of taking money from more than one club have become a regular phenomenon during the pre-season transfer window.

This time too, allegations have been brought against four players so far as defending Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani lodged complaint against last season's centre-back Nasiruddin Chowdhury, who was allegedly took Tk 3 lakh from the club before signing up with newcomers Bashundhara Kings.

Rahmatganj MFS complained that winger Habibur Rahman Shohag took Tk 50 thousand from the club in a bid to play for the Old Dhaka outfit this season, but he stayed with his previous club Mohammedan SC.

Team BJMC brought allegations against defender Khan Mohammad Tara and striker Pashban Mollah, both of whom allegedly signed internal agreements with BJMC before eventually signing up with Brothers Union and Mohammedan SC respectively.

Professional Football League's manager Zaber Bin Taher Ansari informed that he has verbally informed the Players' Status Committee about all allegations and that the committee is likely to sit next week to resolve the issue.

“According to the bylaws, if any player is found guilty of taking money from more than one club, he has to face punishment. If the player and the club fail to reach an amicable solution within 72 hours, then the player, who is found guilty to have taken money from both clubs, has to face one-year suspension. In case of failure to return money to the respective clubs within a week will earn them another one-year suspension,” Zaber said, adding that most cases in the past were solved amicably.

Last year, Abahani had brought allegations against five players – Tapu Barman, Jewel Rana, Shakil Ahmed, Hemanta Vincent Biswas and Ariful Islam, who joined Saif SC despite taking money from Abahani. The Sky Blue however failed to retain the services any of those five players following amicable solution. Sheikh Russel KC also complained against Jamal Bhuiyan but their case was deemed invalid.

So far no player has been punished for taking money from more than one club during the transfer window as the Players' Status Committee forced the players to reach an amicable solution with clubs.