No money, miserable conditions: Laos to exploit African footballers – n-tv.de NEWS

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 Tuesday, July 21, 2015

 
 
 

 
 Under precarious conditions a top-flight club to have formed from Laos African young player. The affected club rejects the allegations of the BBC. They wanted to help the Africans, they say officially.
 

 
 

According to reports of forced recruitment of underage footballers from Africa of Football Federation of Laos has announced an investigation. “We have sent representatives on site to investigate the allegations and to talk with the players,” said association chief Xaybandith Rasphone. According to a report by the British radio station BBC young people had been recruited for the football school of Laotian Erstligisten Champasak United from Pakse, where they had to play without pay and under miserable conditions.

17 of 23 underage players are aloud BBC three months returned to their home after the World governing body Fifa had got wind of the affair. However, the remaining six would therefore remain. One of the returnees, the 14-year-old Liberian Kesselly camera, described the British broadcaster, as he had to sleep on the floor in a room with 29 other boys on mattresses. He was paid accordingly by all accounts promises nothing. According to BBC Champasak United planned obviously, the young players to later sell to other clubs.

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A leading representative of the club denied the allegations. The aim of the program is to “help the Africans”, Ponsawan Siwawong said. The young players have the chance to be trained by an international coach, they received free room and board as well as 100 dollars a month, he said. According to him, all the African players “17-20 years,” were old -. According to BBC prohibited the Fifa transfers of under-18s to a football school or a club abroad

Many African footballers play for Southeast Asian Clubs that raise in this way for very little money you can get. But it always comes back before, that the African victims of unscrupulous agents or stand penniless once their contract expires.

  Source: n-tv.de
 

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