Gunners not losing hope over FIFA ban

After relegating to the lower division at the end of last season, Gunners' problems were compounded when they were slapped with a transfer ban for failure to pay veteran defender, Desire Bafana. FIFA had ordered the club to pay a whopping P400,000 in less than two months and failing to do so, they would face a ban. However assistant coach, Unaswi Moshabi has said they still have hope that the ban will be lifted. “We were slapped with a ban by FIFA, which has made things really difficult for us as a club, but our management is still in talks with FIFA fighting tooth and nail to try and win the issue,” he said.

Moshabi said they want to try and be competitive next season and be able to take part in the transfer window. He also expressed hope that the matter gets resolved before the league starts. “We hope the management gets to win their talks with FIFA and hopefully before the league starts but if the decision by FIFA is not on our side, we will have to source players from our development,” Moshabi said. Moshabi revealed that the number of players is not standing at 12 as it was the case in the past few weeks.