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Accra (Greater Accra), 2^nd November 99

Mighty Victory Colts Club on Monday accepted 40,000 dollars of Stephen Appiah's transfer fee by Accra Hearts of Oak to Italy's Udinese as against 66,000 dollars the club initially demanded.

This was the outcome of a closed-door meeting between representatives of the two clubs when they testified before the Gbadegbe Commission probing the international transfer of players.

Similarly, Hearts also agreed to pay Sony Halifax, an ex-gratia sum of 4,000 dollars in connection with Sam Johnson's transfer to Anderlecht in Belgium.

However Ken Harrison Babies, another colts club, demanding 51,000 dollars from Hearts as their 30 per cent share of Christian Sabah's transfer to Bayern Munich in Germany, did not attend the closed door meeting.

Meanwhile, Voradep F/C are also demanding 15 per cent of Robert Sabah's 40,000 dollars transfer from Hearts to a Saudi Arabian club in 1996.

Mr. Ernest Thompson, Board Secretary of Hearts, however, disputed the claim insisting that the time period under which the agreement would have been effective, elapsed before the player was transferred.

He said under the agreement, Voradep were entitled to that percentage if the player was transferred during 12 calendar months of the third football season.

Due to the nature of the agreement, the Commission decided to get in touch with the Ghana Football Association to determine how long the 1995 league season lasted and whether Sabah was transferred within the 12 calendar months of that season.

Madina Republicans are also seeking their 30 per cent share of Owusu Benson's 20,000 -dollar transfer from Hearts to Turkey.

According to Mr. James Ankamah, Executive Secretary of Republicans, Hearts have not even paid the local transfer of 300,000 cedis and that he has given the contract agreement concerning the player to a former chief executive, Mr. Ernest Bediako.

Mr. Thompson told the Commission that since their management neither recruited nor transferred Benson, they could not ascertain the truth of Republicans' claim.

Mr. Bright Akwetey, former Board Secretary, however, vindicated Mr. Ankamah's claim but said the monies from some of those transfers at that time which were paid through the club's account at the Agricultural Development Bank, had been blocked by the patrons because Hearts owed the bank.

The Commission therefore advised that since the ADB debts have been settled, Hearts should contact the patrons to have the blockage on their foriegn accounts removed so that they could use the money to offset their debts.

Republicans have also lodged a protest against Kotobabi Powerlines for transferring their player, Godfred Adouboe, to Switzerland for 35,000 dollars in 1994.

Mr. Yaw La Danso, Chairman of Powerlines, denied the assertion, insisting that the player belonged to Powerlines so the Commission urged the parties to reappear before the committee on Wednesday, November three.

Sitting continues.

GRi