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Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan in a letter to the I-League CEO Sunando Dhar have demanded that the AIFF/I-League clear their dues from previous seasons, release the pending subsidy for hosting the ongoing I-League’s home matches and share details about the expected Indian football roadmap and their future plans at the earliest.
Mohun Bagan club director Debashis Dutta wrote, “We wish to state that we are yet to receive financial subsidy of home match organisation and cost of floodlight for ongoing I-league. We have played all our home matches and are unable to clear off our vendors’ dues due to non-release of payment from your end.”
Further the letter stated, “The individual prize money to players from 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons respectively is still pending.”
AIFF has called a meeting of their League Committee on Monday, February 19 to decide the format of the Super Cup 2018.
The club also asked the AIFF to share with it the blueprint for the 2018/19 season so as to help Mohun Bagan plan their “course of action” in earnest.
“As per the (stakeholders) meeting of May 6, 2017 we were informed that the blueprint for the 2018-19 season will be finalised by November, 2017, but unfortunately we are yet to receive any report from FIFA, AFC and AIFF in this regard.”
Mohun Bagan also highlighted according to them the issue of poor refereeing, “You would acknowledge that good quality refereeing is the most important part of a football game. We all take so much of burden to put together a tournament but if the standard is compromised in any department, then the tournament loses its charm and it will be termed as failure.”
“We request you to kindly improve the quality of refereeing in Super Cup.”
The club reminded the AIFF about consensus to organise the Super Cup in Kolkata and also asked that financial terms and conditions of the tournament be equal for all teams.
“We hope that before concluding the rules and regulations of Super Cup 2018, you will consider our proposition as stated above and will share the draft of the regulation and also the minutes of meeting of League Committee to be held on February 19, 2018 for final confirmation from all clubs.”
Mohun Bagan sent a letter to I league CEO MR. SUNANDA DHAR regarding Super Cup pic.twitter.com/BhPJI6cXhP
— Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_Bagan) February 18, 2018
