Boavista’s training, which was scheduled for the hours prior to this Saturday’s reception against Famalicão, from the First Football League, was canceled due to the unavailability of the ‘chess players’ doctors, who are demanding unpaid salaries.
A source linked to the process revealed to the Lusa agency that the professionals from the club’s clinical department refused to attend the traditional morning session held on match days by coach Petit, asking that salaries be regularized in a timely manner.
In addition to the coach, the president of Boavista, Vítor Murta, recently admitted the existence of unpaid salaries in the structure of the Porto shield, which FIFA even prevented from signing new players in the summer transfer market.
The ‘chess players’, who occupy fifth place, with 13 points, will receive Famalicão, sixth, with 11, starting at 6:00 p.m., at the Estádio do Bessa, in Porto, in a match on the seventh day of the I Liga, under the arbitration of Gustavo Correia, of the Porto Football Association.
The conduct of the match may be in doubt, since, in accordance with the third point of article 61 of the Regulations for competitions organized by the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), the presence of a doctor on the bench is mandatory.
Made official on Tuesday as a reinforcement of QPR, from the English secondary league, North American defender Reggie Cannon had unilaterally terminated his contract with Boavista in June, alleging back wages, the process of which would continue before FIFA and the common courts, which will deliberate on the case. fair and possible compensation.
Source: TSF
