Two Cameroonian soccer players have accused
an Ethiopian club, Addis Ababa City FC of gross
mistreatment after the club allegedly refused to
facilitate their way back to Cameroon after
aborted trials.
Thiery Nkwandjo and Handou Sidik Endemobo
came from Cameroon under the invitation of the
Ethiopian Premier League side from Pathos FC of
Douala.
After the unsuccessful trials, Addis-Ababa City FC
management denied to give back their passports
leaving them stranded with no accommodation at
the centre of Addis Ababa.
“The club threw us out having paid for us one
way ticket to Addis Ababa after promising us
that they will pay the return ticket .
“When we reached at the club, we found players
of other nationalities also in for trials.The club
thus told us that they no longer need us and
chased us out.We tried to get to our embassy
here but we were denied audience,”said Thiery in
an exclusive interview with Soka25east.com
However, the duo refused to name the officials at
the club who are beleived to be behind the
players woes.
The players are beleived to have been smuggled
into the country by unnamed local rogue agent
who runs a catel in the Western African country
where there are an estimated 100 illegal football
academies operating in Douala alone.
Coaches and other middlemen are beleived to
haggle over the best players in the academies by
making them sign binding pre-contracts –
effectively buying them from their families – with
the hope of making thousands of dollars selling
the boys on to clubs in Africa and Europe but
finally dump the players in foreign countries.
Source-Soka25east.com
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