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How MFM FC may lose N228 billion

Nigerian football clubs have been accused of poor player management, as most of them have no active contract with some of their players.

Steven Odey, MFM FC striker

The recent controversies surrounding the attempt of Steven Odey, MFM FC striker and one of Nigerian Premier League top scorers, at gaining international exposure, clearly indicate Nigerian football clubs are still naïve in the business of sports business.

According to reports, the player has no active contract with the club he wearing its shirt for the past three years.

The former Chairman of the MFM FC, Godwin Enakhena, state that the “economic rights of the player, who has been with the club for the last three years, were owned by a third party.”

Three international clubs including the Scottish champions, FC Celtic, have pulled out transfer negotiations with the player based on this fact.

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Based on industry sources, Nigerian football clubs are in the practice of not signing any official contracts with their players. In recent times, similar controversies have greeted attempt by talented players from the local league to seek better playing exposure outside the country.

The cases of Sunday Mba and Chisom Chikatara should have taught these local clubs the lesson of the impossibility of eating one's cake and attempting at having it back.

Earlier, Odey’s agent, Mr. Yusuf, had stated that the player was only on of Danish club, FC Midtjylland, though reports surfacing out of Denmark have indicated the player is undergoing trials in the Scandinavia nation.

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