BFA to decide Chiefs, Gunners’ fate this week

Larona Makhaiza | Tuesday August 6, 2024 11:06

In an interview with Sport Monitor, Botswana Football Association (BFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mfolo Mfolo revealed that the National Executive Committee (NEC) is expected to sit this week and make a decision. “NEC will meet this week to review the two deals that involve Chiefs and Gunners. The decision will then be taken by the NEC on whether the two teams will play in the Premier League or not,” Mfolo said. Mfolo further stated that he does not expect the review process to drag for long hence why he says the decision will be reached before the week ends. “This will not take long at all. It is just for NEC to meet and check if all the teams involved have met the requirements that are in place when it comes to buying statuses,” he said.

As Mmegi Sport reported heading into the past weekend, Magosi acquired the status of Masitaoka. The deal is said to be worth of P400, 000 from the initial P600 000 offer. However, Masitaoka is expected to play in the Kweneng Division 1. Gunners on the other hand purchased the status of Jwaneng Young Stars who had earned automatic promotion to elite league. Young Stars will return to the First Division league. Amount of the deal remains unclear as Gunners Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ofentse Mmualefe remained mum about it. “We are in negotiations with Young Stars and we expect everything to be concluded before the league commences.

About the financier and how much the deal is, let us leave it for the press conference,” Mmualefe said. Meanwhile, Mfolo also said the First Instance Body (FIB) is yet to meet and assess the submissions made by all the clubs to determine whether they meet Club Licensing requirements. The FNB Premiership is expected to kickoff on September 21.