Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday ruled that those footballers who took payment from other clubs before even signing for a particular club would be banned from the upcoming Federation Cup until they refund the money to the respective clubs.

The players' status committee reviewed the complaints and heard the players' reply at the meeting and found four cases where players admitted that they took advance payment from a particular club but joined another one.

Meanwhile, defender Amit Khan Shuvo and goalkeeper Tareq received advance money from Chittagong Mohammedan, but joined Muktijoddha Sangsad and the committee asked both of them to return their money to Ctg Mohammedan or face the suspension from the upcoming Federation Cup.

The committee also gave go-ahead to Chittagong Mohammedan's striking duo Shakhatwat Ronny and Mithun Chowdhury, who last year singed for the Black and Whites for three seasons.

1 The committee also found two of the three Arambagh KS players guilty and asked them to return the amount that they had received.