East Bengal footballers to approach AIFF for this reason
XtraTime Web Desk: Many East Bengal footballers will file their complaint to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Players' Status Committee regarding their due salaries which the club’s former investor Quess didn’t pay so far.
Quess has terminated their agreement with Kolkata giants East Bengal on July 17 and finally gave back the sporting rights to the club. Earlier on April 25, the company had activated the Force Majeure clause to unilaterally terminate all the contracts with effect from May 1.
All the footballers, among whom a few had multi-year contracts with the club and others who have a month of salary pending, have already sent letters to Quess East Bengal about their payments.
The footballers will now go to the AIFF Players' Status Committee through their representative, the Football Players' Association of India (FPAI).
"They sent the letter to Quess on Tuesday. They have now terminated their contracts with them and that needed to be informed. The delay in sending the notices was due to a clause in the players' contracts, which said any correspondence would have to be sent physically. Now they will approach the AIFF Players' Status Committee who will be the arbitrator in the matter of their pending dues," a source close to the development told IANS.
"The letter to AIFF will be sent in a day or two," the source added.
