Asante Kotoko, Ashantigold must pay outstanding salaries to players or face sanctions from CAF – Dr Baah-Nuakoh

Asante Kotoko, Ashantigold must pay outstanding salaries to players or face sanction from CAF – Dr Baah-Nuakoh

Ghana Football Association(GFA) Club Licensing Board Manager, Dr Kwame Baah-Nuako has disclosed that Asante Kotoko and AshantiGold must pay all debts owed players or would face disqualification from the 2020-21 CAF inter-club competitions.

According to Dr Baah-Nuakoh, CAF has directed the various Federations and Licensing Board not to authorize the participation of any club that owes its players and technical team outstanding bonuses and salaries for more than six months.

He explained that his new directive from the continent’s football governing body is already in place, and will apply to Ghana’s representatives for this year’s campaign – Asante Kotoko and AshantiGold SC.

Speaking to Happy FM, Dr Baah-Nuakoh gave a hinted that:

“Let me give you a hint. The current Ghanaian Clubs that are going to compete in Africa, Asante Kotoko and Ashgold, CAF has reminded the club licensing board and the FA that, one of the key tenets of club licensing they will implement this year is that, a club cannot have an overdue debt to any player or any of its staff.

“Let me explain; if a club has an active promise to pay a player signing on a fee which was due as at 31st December 2019 but has defaulted in paying such debt, the club licensing board should not give that club clearance to play in Africa. It does not necessarily mean the club should not owe but the said debt should not be overdue. Even our own statutes say so but then how many of our clubs can meet this?” He added.