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Chunnu joins his ex-star colleagues

SPORTS REPORTER
With just two days to go before their departure for Myanmar to play in the Grand Royal Challenge Cup four-nation invitational tournament, the national football team finds itself without a leader.
Having completed their preparation camp under Argentine coach Diego Andres Cruciani at the BKSP, the 24-member squad, which leaves Dhaka tomorrow for Myanmar, returned to the capital on Friday. But they were left without a team leader after Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) assistant general secretary Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu refused to perform his role as team leader and manager.
In a letter to the federation, the former national winger said he was not in a position to go to the tournament, which is part of Bangladesh's preparation for their defence of the SAFF Football Championship in Pakistan in December.
The recent crisis at the BFF grew even bigger with Chunnu's decision, which followed the resignation of the whole National Team Management Committee (NTMC) including its chairman Kazi Salahuddin, the former national captain and coach who also stepped down as BFF vice-president.
“The existing situation is beyond control,” Chunnu told reporters referring to the chaos in BFF that has hogged the headlines for the last few days.
“Everything is really confusing. Also, it is hard to do both the duties for the national team. That is why I have requested the federation to relieve me,” said Chunnu, who was first named manager of the national team for three tournaments this year but was given the additional duty of team leader in Myanmar after BFF vicepresident Monir Ahmed refused to take charge on personal grounds.
General secretary Anwarul Hoque Helal, who was yet to receive Chunnu's
letter, admitted however that he was aware of the news.
“We have to discuss this but we also have to take a decision by tomorrow,” Helal said over phone.
The lack of leadership and the governing body of football's running into doldrums is certain to have a demoralising effect on the top footballers of the country ahead of their first real international commitment in two years.
Footballers have already expressed their wish to see ex-players as team officials which helps them in all aspects.
Meanwhile, Monir Ahmed has accused BFF president SA Sultan and general secretary Helal for misquoting him.
“I have seen media reports where the president and general secretary have blamed that it was not BFF member Amirul Islam Babu but my comment that sparked the chaos in the BFF meeting (October 18),” he said in a written statement. “It is unfortunate for them to distort my comments. And I strongly condemn the way the NTMC and its chairman, star footballer Salahuddin, were ignored bypassing the FIFA and AFC guidelines,” the statement added. CONDEMNATION FROM SHAH ALAM, AAB
While sports lovers continued to condemn the president's decision to ignore the NTMC's recommendation about selecting officials, another attack came from inside.
This time, BFF treasurer Shah Alam Chowdhury not only raised questions about financial transparency but also out a question mark on its leadership.
“The present situation proves that the leadership is not perfect. We gave him the responsibility but the decision taken by the president did not reflect the discussions of the executive committee meeting. He has failed to take the right decision by choosing a controversial person (Amirul Islam Babu) who has repeatedly let us down,” Shah Alam told reporters.
“It was not fair and I respect Salahuddin's decision to quit,” he said adding that although he is the treasurer, he has not received vouchers of expenses of the BFF.
Shah Alam also handed over a letter to the BFF, officially requesting the president to allot him a separate chamber to run his day to day work.
The Alumni Association of BKSP (AAB) also criticised a BFF member humiliating star footballer Salahuddin and demanded punishment of the person responsible.