Chicken Inn Football Club has commenced discussions for contract extensions with a couple of their key players whose contracts run out at the end of December.
This comes after the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has failed to come up with a position on the status of player contracts since all football activities were suspended in March due to the coronavirus.
The Gamecocks’ secretary Tavengwa Hara on Monday revealed that the club was talking to the players with a view to extending their contracts. He said:
We have a few key players with contracts coming to an end. We are engaging the players.
We are not going to disclose the names of the players because there are too many vultures.
Chicken Inn managed to tie down goalkeeper Samuel Mafukidze after his contract also expired in June.
Meanwhile, cross-town Premier Soccer League rivals Highlanders lost midfielder Brian Banda to FC Platinum this month after his contract expired in June.
Reports claim that Highlanders striker Tinashe Makanda (whose contract also expired in June) has entered into a deal with Dynamos, which he denies.
Bosso had continued to pay the two players’ salaries awaiting a directive from authorities on the status of expired and expiring contracts as per FIFA’s guidelines following the Covid-19 pandemic.