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BFF at Football its last gasp

SPORTS REPORTER
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has not yet given up their manoeuvre to hold the Super Six phase of the Nitol-Tata National Football League at the Banga-bandhu National Stadium (BNS) despite Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) refusal to spare the big bowl on Tuesday night.
The league committee of the BFF called an emergency meeting at its BNS office yesterday afternoon along with the representatives of the six participating clubs and decided to meet State Minister for Youth and Sports Fazlur Rahman this morning as the last-ditch attempt.
Although the meeting was called to set a venue and date for the Super Six, but all the three big clubs Mohammedan Sporting Club,
Abahani and Muktijoddha Sangsad remained firm over their desire to play the final phase of the meet at the BNS.
As discussions came to no solution, the meeting, chaired by BFF treasurer and league committee chairman Shah Alam Chowdhury, decided to take this matter to the minister.
"The meeting has been adjourned till 4pm Saturday. Before that, we are gong to meet the state minister Thursday morning and seek his favour in this regard. However, whatever decision he gives, we will abide by that," said league committee secretary Manjur Hossain.
But his chairman Alam Chowdhury had informed the Star Sport before yesterday's meeting that they had agreed to play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur after learning on Tuesday night that Bangabandhu would not be available.
Meanwhile, it was learnt from sources close to the BFF that there was a meeting between BCB president Ali Asghar, Alam Chowdhury and Prime Minister's Political Advisor Haris Chowdhury at the latter's residence till midnight on Tuesday. But as Asghar did not agree to spare the arena and it was decided that football would be played at Sher-e-Bangla.
However, yesterday's meeting once again looked reluctant to accept the idea and therefore they have once again opted to meet the state minister.
When contacted last night, Fazlur Rahman said that he knew nothing what football officials would ask for.
"I have given them an appointment tomorrow morning and that's all. I don't know what they want to discuss," said Rahman over phone.
"Let's see what happens tomorrow," Rahman concluded.
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Meanwhile, the uncertainty over the venue and date of the Super Six is causing financial losses to the big clubs.
"It takes no less than five thousand taka a day to run the camp," said a frustrated BFF assistant general secretary and Abahani director Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu.