Bangladesh Football Federation is determined to keep the continuity of the game “at any cost” and not let negativity affect the country’s football arena.
An emergency, albeit “unofficial”, meeting of the executive committee was held outside the BFF House yesterday where the top officials of football’s governing body in the country discussed the recent act of defiance by a few premier league clubs.
Hosted by BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, senior vice president Abdus Salam Murshedy, three vice presidents – Kazi Nabil Ahmed, Badal Roy and Tabith Awal – and other executive members were present in the meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held last Monday but was later pushed back to yesterday.
A few days ago, five premier league clubs led by Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi president Manjur Kader and director-in-charge of Mohammedan Sporting, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan threatened that the top-flight outfits will not take part in any football-related activities next season unless the transfer window, which was set for December 26, is deferred and the Professional Football League Committee is reshuffled.
However, Badal sounded out a harsh warning to the rebel clubs. “We want to carry on the continuity of football at any cost. We understand that a particular person was responsible for creating a negative environment in the hockey arena for a long time. That same person and a few others are trying to repeat it in football as well. The purpose of this meeting was not to let this happen. We are determined not to allow any disruption or interruption in football,” said the BFF high-up.