SiN
01-04-2006, 09:22 AM
Players at financially troubled Galatasaray have threatened to boycott the club's training camp at a southern resort in early January because of unpaid wages.
Galatasaray had pledged last week to pay players who had not received wages since the start of the season. The checks could not be cashed at the bank, however.
The players then decided to boycott the camp beginning on Jan. 4 in the holiday resort of Antalya if they were not paid by Jan. 3.
Heavily-indebted Galatasaray decided at a general meeting at the weekend to put on hold the chairman's plan to sell land belonging to the club in Istanbul to raise funds.The former UEFA champions play at a run-down stadium in the city and the chairman has faced criticism from within the club for failing to modernise it or push through plans for a new stadium.
Galatasaray had pledged last week to pay players who had not received wages since the start of the season. The checks could not be cashed at the bank, however.
The players then decided to boycott the camp beginning on Jan. 4 in the holiday resort of Antalya if they were not paid by Jan. 3.
Heavily-indebted Galatasaray decided at a general meeting at the weekend to put on hold the chairman's plan to sell land belonging to the club in Istanbul to raise funds.The former UEFA champions play at a run-down stadium in the city and the chairman has faced criticism from within the club for failing to modernise it or push through plans for a new stadium.