“My lawyer will take care of it, let’s go to Fifa. We will defend our rights”. Alexandre Song did not say his last word against Christian Constantin, president of FC Sion. The 32-year-old Cameroonian midfielder has been dismissed by the Swiss club, as have eight of his teammates. The sentence fell after having decided, with its partners, not to give its immediate agreement to consent to partial unemployment measures. These result in a drop and a salary cap, to allow the club to cope with the economic troubles caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Invited Saturday night of the After on RMC, the former international gave his version of the facts. “We played a friendly on Friday (March 20, editor’s note) And we were supposed to meet with the president on Monday, then Tuesday, he said. We had no news. We received a WhatsApp message Tuesday afternoon to tell us that everyone had to sign a paper telling us that we were being lowered our wages, that we were going to pay us around 12,000 euros. We had to return the paper the next day by 12 noon. We received this document without explanation. “
“I made no professional misconduct”
Alexandre Song then explained that he did not want to sign this document without being able to know what it implied exactly: “I am a footballer, it is not my job. There are people to verify that. couldn’t sign it, we didn’t have any discussions. All the clubs are talking today. Our captain didn’t know anything. We all decided not to sign this document. We wanted to talk. “
The dismissal will therefore be challenged before the competent authorities. “I did not make any professional misconduct. All the clubs talk to their players to find solutions. We do not understand what happened. No one can understand,” he said.
Pajtim Kasami, Ermir Lenjani, Xavier Kouassi, Seydou Doumbia, Mickaël Facchinetti, Christian Zock, Birama Ndoye and Johan Djourou are the other players affected by this dismissal. After 23 league days, FC Sion occupies eighth place (out of ten) in the standings, with only four points ahead of first place in relegation.
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