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| Revered Matroos |
Matroos who is now playing for Khomas Nampol United has agreed to join African Stars FC but Khomas Nampol United ended up signed him.
African Stars FC had complained that Nampol took Matroos from them after they had agreed terms with the player and his previous club.
The defending champions provided transport funds to the player so he could travel from Keetmanshoop to Windhoek to complete his move by signing a contract and getting registered as a Stars player.
African Stars FC even announced the signing of Matroos on social media.
However, Matroos never signed his contract with Stars but rather called his former club chairman at Young Brazilians FC, David Kambinda, to inform him that he no longer wanted to sign for Stars but to rather join Khomas Nampol United.
Kambinda cancelled the Stars’ request for the player on the NFA-FIFA E-Connect platform and then authorised the request from Khomas Nampol FC instead.
“Unfortunately, the player changed his mind when he got to Windhoek. He told me that he would rather sign for Nampol, as he has always had a relationship with Nampol teams over the years. He told me his heart was with Nampol and requested that I let him go to Nampol,” Kambinda said.
The Young Brazilian boss then reversed Matroos’ request authorisation, and authorised the Nampol request, paving the way for the police team to register the player immediately.
In a letter sent to the acting secretary general of the Normalisation Committee (NC) at the Namibia Football Association(NFA), Stars chairperson Salomo Hei said the registration and transfer of Matroos by Khomas Nampol United deviates from the NFA Rules and Regulations and the Namibian Constitution.
In response, the NFA stated that Stars had not submitted the necessary registration documentation for the NFA to process and endorse the transfer.
This meant the player still belonged to Young Brazilians; hence, they could cancel and approve a new request (which they did to Nampol), who then quickly uploaded the player’s contract with them, his national ID and the player’s registration card.
Salomo Hei, however, felt it should have been Stars who cancelled the request, instead of Young Brazilians.
Stars have now written to the NFA to demand the dispute regarding the transfer of Matroos be referred to the Dispute Resolution Chamber.
At the same time, Matroos should not be permitted to play, pending the determination of the matter.
Matroos has already featured twice for his new employers, Khomas Nampol United who is now on the second place after lost 2:1 from Blue Waters this past weekend.