Srinagar, September 29: One of the oldest private football club of Kashmir, Iqbal Sports FC has raised issue of some clubs approaching players who are already registered with the clubs for the Premier Division League.
In a strong worded letter by Iqbal Sports Chairmain Bashir Malik to District Football Association (DFA) Srinagar , Malik has said that some clubs in liu of fake promises are trying to attract / poach from other clubs to thier club.
“As you might be aware that DFA Srinagar is about to start Annual Premier Division League and for that clubs are preparing their teams from last two months and accordingly have submitted registration forms. It has come to our notice that many players who have registered themselves in any of the teams and now being approached by different clubs giving them different offers,” Malik said.
“Our football has gone bad to worse by these kind of acts by some unprofessional people who are making all fake promises to the players every now and then. With these fake promises to the players lot of private clubs suffer and at the end the fail to frame their teams in the competition and at the same time the clubs who approach to the players with different offers are also not being fulfilled,” he said.
Malik has requested DFA to take strong note of the process and see clubs have fulfilled all formalities.
“It is as such requested kindly take a strong note of the issue and see all the formalities of the clubs have been completed by the club or a player before the start of the DFA Srinagar Premier Division League. I am sure there will be many players who might be having dual registrations, we are not against the players getting benefited if they are getting the good offers but we have been witness to this where these commitments only remain to papers,” he added.