3SC Deny Ending Players' Contract Via WhatsApp

3SC Deny Ending Players' Contract Via WhatsApp

By Gbenga Gboyega

The Team Manager of Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan, Dimeji Lawal has stated unequivocally that the club held meeting and duly informed the players whose contracts ended this season about the non-renewal, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

Over the weekend, the social media space went agog when multiple tweets insinuated that certain players at the club were laid off impromptu via WhatsApp group.

Bsnsports.com.ng in a chat with the former Super Eagles winger denied the unsubstantiated news saying their is no iota of truth in the rumour that Oluyole Warriors ended the contracts of some some players through WhatsApp group.

"It is a sane world, things don't happen that way," Dimeji told BSN Sports.

He added, "Everybody has their means of communication, and we all know that WhatsApp is one of the commonly used platforms for passing messages across.

He continued, "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."

"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 of Ibadan avoided relegation in the just concluded season, after finishing 6th in Group A, and Dimeji expressed his mixed feelings on the club's current status and vision.

3SC will now hope to move on from the crisis management issues before them and plan alongside Gbenga Ogunbote who heads the squad for a better 2023-24 showing.