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Mohun Bagan players want dues to be cleared at earliest, club says wait till restrictions are lifted

Mohun Bagan's I-League-winning players have threatened to approach the All India Football Federation (AIFF) if their dues, withheld owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not cleared at the earliest.

By Pti
Mohun Bagan players want dues to be cleared at earliest, club says wait till restrictions are lifted mohun bagan, i league, football, aiff, coronavirus, covid 19, players, salary Kolkata, May 12: Star-studded Mohun Bagans I-League-winning players have threatened to approach the All India Football Federation (AIFF) if their dues, withheld owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not cleared at the earliest. Unable to pay salaries to their players, including foreign recruits, Indian club football heavyweights Mohun Bagan have asked them to wait till the restrictions imposed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted. The club has not been able to pay its domestic players the last three months salaries while the foreigners have gone unpaid for two months. The I-League championship incentive, too, is yet to be given. We will pay their entire salary, we have asked them to wait as the payments are affected by the lockdown, Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy Bose told PTI. The clubs top official responded after the players wrote to the management, requesting them to clear the dues or pay at least a months salary by May 15. The players had sought a deadline by which time the officials will clear their dues in full, including performance bonuses, or they will seek the AIFFs intervention. We have written to them saying there is cost-cutting across the world. But we are not saying that we would cut their salary too. Some of our sponsors based in Mumbai and Delhi have not been able to operate so the salary is affected. We just managed to pay one months salary to the foreigners by borrowing money from another source. All the payments would be cleared once the lockdown is eased. The pandemic has impacted every sphere of life across the world, including bringing all sporting activities to a grinding halt. As for the incentive, we will pay it from the prize money and it will come later only, Bose said. The nationwide lockdown has also affected Mohun Bagans merger with ATK, who have acquired a majority stake of 80 per cent in the 131-year-old club. The new merged outfit was slated for a June 1 launch. We will have to wait. There has been no development so far and everything is delayed now, he concluded.

Kolkata, May 12: Star-studded Mohun Bagan's I-League-winning players have threatened to approach the All India Football Federation (AIFF) if their dues, withheld owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not cleared at the earliest.

Unable to pay salaries to their players, including foreign recruits, Indian club football heavyweights Mohun Bagan have asked them to wait till the restrictions imposed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted.

The club has not been able to pay its domestic players the last three months' salaries while the foreigners have gone unpaid for two months. The I-League championship incentive, too, is yet to be given.

"We will pay their entire salary, we have asked them to wait as the payments are affected by the lockdown," Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy Bose told PTI.

The club's top official responded after the players wrote to the management, requesting them to clear the dues or pay at least a month's salary by May 15. The players had sought a deadline by which time the officials will clear their dues in full, including performance bonuses, or they will seek the AIFF's intervention.

"We have written to them saying there is cost-cutting across the world. But we are not saying that we would cut their salary too. Some of our sponsors based in Mumbai and Delhi have not been able to operate so the salary is affected.

"We just managed to pay one month's salary to the foreigners by borrowing money from another source. All the payments would be cleared once the lockdown is eased."

The pandemic has impacted every sphere of life across the world, including bringing all sporting activities to a grinding halt. "As for the incentive, we will pay it from the prize money and it will come later only," Bose said.

The nationwide lockdown has also affected Mohun Bagan's merger with ATK, who have acquired a majority stake of 80 per cent in the 131-year-old club. The new merged outfit was slated for a June 1 launch.

"We will have to wait. There has been no development so far and everything is delayed now," he concluded.

Story first published: Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 20:02 [IST]
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