PSSI chief not to mediate player transfer dispute<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia
\n(PSSI) Agum Gumelar said on Tuesday that he had asked the body's
\narbitration committee to resolve players' disputes ahead of the
\nseventh Bank Mandiri soccer league series.<\/p>\n
\"I will comply with the committee's decision,\" he said after
\nbriefing the team managers from 28 club across the nation
\ncompeting in the league. The series will kick off in Makassar,
\nSouth Sulawesi, on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The committee, set up in December and headed by M. Djalil
\nAnwar Pradjarto, is dealing with player transfer disputes
\ninvolving Uston Nawawi, Gendut Doni Christiawan and Kuncoro.<\/p>\n
The dispute regarding Uston Nawawi, between Persebaya Surabaya
\nand league defending champions PSM of Makassar, has been a
\ncontentious issue for soccer fans.<\/p>\n
Uston ended his contract with Persebaya on Oct. 1, at the end
\nof the sixth league series. Two months later, he signed a deal
\nwith PSM.<\/p>\n
His move angered Persebaya and Uston's family was reportedly
\nintimidated by furious club supporters, who are well-known for
\ntheir violent behavior at matches.<\/p>\n
The committee's secretary, Andi Darussalam Tabussala, said on
\nTuesday that Uston had agreed to the contract terms, but the
\ncommittee requested Persebaya submit additional evidence which
\ncould give strong grounds for a decision allowing them to keep
\nUston in the club.<\/p>\n
\"In chapter one of the contract, it is said that after the
\ncontract is over, both parties, Persebaya's chief Sunarto
\nSumoprawiro and Uston, can arrange a contract extension within 30
\ndays. If no agreement can be reached within one month then the
\ndeal ends by itself,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Just when Agum arrived at Tuesday's meeting at Wisma Bidakara
\nin South Jakarta, about 20 Persebaya supporters staged a rally in
\nfront of the meeting room, demanding the retired four-star
\nGeneral fire Darussalam.<\/p>\n
Agum calmed down the supporters telling them that the
\ncommittee had not made a decision regarding Uston. He also said
\nthat Darussalam never informed the media that the committee had
\ndecided to approve Uston as a PSM member.<\/p>\n
Agum said that, according to the new rule, Uston was free to
\nleave if his original club did not ask to use the contract's
\noption.<\/p>\n
In the past, a player who has ended his contract should ask
\nfor a recommendation if he wished to join another club. Under the
\nnew rule, at the expiry of a contract, a player becomes a free
\nagent.<\/p>\n
The committee will also recommend Kuncoro, a PSM Makassar
\nplayer sanctioned by PSSI after admitting illegal drug use,
\nchoose another club, as his contract with PSM had expired and he
\nhad not received a salary for the past six months.<\/p>\n
Young star Gendut Doni Christiawan, who formerly played for
\nPersijatim of East Jakarta, has also ended his contract. He had
\nvowed to join Persijatim, and agreed on the deal but never signed
\na contract. He later changed his mind, and wished to join Persija
\nof Central Jakarta. The committee has still not made a decision.
\n(ivy)<\/p>",
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