মোঃ আজহারুল ইসলাম
সহকারী অধ্যাপক
০৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি , ২০২৩ ১০:৪৮ অপরাহ্ণ
FIFA won't pay for development of Bangladesh football
FIFA
won't pay for development of Bangladesh football
FIFA, the highest decision making body of International
Football Federation, provides grants to all member countries to promote
football.
However, the grant is stopped if FIFA's laws are
violated.
This time, the FIFA has announced allocation of
grants to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) after finding irregularities in
the work of Bangladesh Football Federation.
It is learnt that the decision was taken for the
failure of BFF to pay the dues of former Bangladesh chief football coach Jamie
Day by December 27 last.
The BFF has increased its risks after their
failure to repay the dues of Jamie Day. December 27, 2022 was the deadline to
handover Jamie day all his dues. But, Jamie Day has not yet received his dues
coming in February 2023.
The English coach left Bangladesh on September 22,
2021 following a unilateral decision of BFF president Kazi Salahuddin though
the contract with the head coach remained valid for more 11 months. When
the coach left Dhaka, the BFF didn't pay all his dues intentionally and for
reasons only known to them.
Later, the FIFA gave its decision in favour of
coach Jamie Day. So, the BFF will have to count compensation worth Tk 1 crore.
The BFF has appealed to the FIFA against its decision, but all its efforts went
in vain.
The FIFA's grants for the BFF's development have
stopped for its (BFF) failure to follow the December 27 deadline.