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NPFL: Shooting Stars deny ending players’ contract via social media
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Team Manager of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Dimeji Lawal confirmed that the club held a meeting and duly informed the players whose contracts ended this season about the non-renewal.
News emanated from multiple tweets over the weekend that the Ibadan-based side has ended the contract of some players with notice sent to them via the social media platform on Whatsapp group.
The former Super Eagles winger denied the news saying there is no truth in the rumour that Oluyole Warriors ended the contracts of some players through WhatsApp group.
“It is a sane world, things don’t happen that way,” Dimeji told BSN Sports.
“Everybody has their means of communication, and we all know that WhatsApp is one of the commonly used platforms for passing messages across.
“Ask the players if we didn’t have a meeting together as a club after the season ended. Ask them if the coach did not inform the players that more information about their future will be conveyed via their platform, which is the WhatsApp group.
“I think the media is only looking for issues where there are none, instead of focusing on players in clubs where they are owed salaries, nobody is even talking about player welfare.
“Tell me one club in world football that is yet to lay off players after the season ended. So it is not strange that some of our players will be let go as well.”
Gbenga Ogunbote’s side finished the league season in sixth position with 23 points, nine points below Super Six spots which Lawal admitted was an improvement on previous season where the tea battled to escape relegation.
He added: “In football, you aspire, you work hard but things may not always go your way. For instance, Arsenal in Europe. They didn’t win anything at the end of the season, despite their efforts and diligence.
“If you remember our preseason games, we played against tough clubs, defeated Rivers United, and Plateau United, and also took valuable points off Enugu Rangers.
“We are not happy with how the season ended, because we had better expectations. And I think last season was an improvement from the previous season where we were battling in relegation waters.”
The Oluyole Warriors will hope to improve on its standing when the 2023/2024 league season kicks off with Ogunbote saddled with the responsibility of steering the ship of the traditional team.
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