BFA softens stance on signings

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has softened its hardline stance, which had seen clubs owing current and/or former staff, barred from signing any new players during the midseason transfer window.

The BFA had taken a firm stand, telling clubs that have outstanding payments against current or former employees, that they cannot sign new players during the transfer window. The midseason transfer window opened on January 9 and closes on February 8.

The regulation had slowed business down, with trading largely muted as the majority of clubs in the BTC Premiership are knee-deep in debt.

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