Bar lifted on three Abahani players
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, cleared the way for three Abahani footballers to play in the ongoing TVS Federation Cup after a High Court Bench had previously imposed an injunction on those players for three months following an appeal from Sheikh Russel KC, Abahani manager Satyajit Das Rupu informed yesterday.
Following the stay order, defender Raihan Hasan, defensive midfielder Mohammad Sohel Rana and attacking midfielder Sohel Rana are now available for selection for today’s match between Abahani and Arambagh.
The chamber judge of Supreme Court stayed the High Court order for two months. Earlier, Sheikh Russel KC had filed a First Miscellaneous appeal to a High Court bench, which on December 18 restricted those three footballers from playing football under Bangladesh Football Federation for three months as those three footballers allegedly took money from Sheikh Russel during the players’ transfers but signed for Abahani for the season of 2019-2020.
“A Supreme Court bench yesterday stayed the High Court injunction on our three players for two months [Tuesday] and asked to settle the matter at the regular court. We sent the copy of the stay order to Bangladesh Football Federation after 9:00pm on the same day through e-mail,” Abahani manager Satyajit Das Rupu said yesterday.
“We have received the e-mail from Abahani, but we are waiting for the hard copy. Those players won’t have any bar on playing if court stayed the previous order brought,” said BFF competition’s manager Taher Bin Ansari.
11-time Federation Cup champions Abahani are on top of three-team Group A with three points from one match, leading on goal difference against Bangladesh Police, who have three points from two outings. Arambagh are at the bottom of the group without a point from one match.
Defending champions Abahani are all but confirmed of a quarterfinal berth, but the Sky Blues are looking forward to emerging group champions by notching a win against Arambagh today.
“We are likely to rest a few of players against Arambagh to check out other players, especially foreign recruits. If we don’t lose by a massive margin, we will advance to the last eight despite a defeat. However, we will go there to win the match against Arambagh,” the former national footballer said, adding that they arranged for Christmas Day celebrations for their Christian players at the club tent after yesterday’s training session.
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