The Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) has made a claim that Rodney Celvin, more popularly known as Bonai, has signed with the Crocs for next season, and therefore cannot join another team.

According to a report carried by Utusan Sarawak, Bonai has signed a letter of intent to join the Crocs next season, and his move to PKNS FC, as reported a few days ago by SarawakCrocs, is deemed as not professional by FAS General Secretary, Razali Dolhan.

Razali further stated that the document signed by Bonai was binding and as good as a contract, and FAS has not received any word from Bonai regarding his intention to decline the offer to stay in Sarawak FA.

He also added that FAS will take action on the matter, including withholding Bonai’s transfer certificate.

However, interestingly, a local fan page for Sarawak football claims that Bonai has disregarded FAS’ claim by stating that the documents he signed was just a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), and that it was not binding.

The page further claimed that Bonai had said that the MoU would also be automatically terminated if an official contract was not received after a month.

The page also claimed that Bonai claims that a letter to decline FAS’ offer has been also been sent to FAS and another request has been made to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) in regards to the transfer to PKNS FC.

Our checks with officials in the know of these legal matters confirm that a pre-contract or offer letter, is indeed treated as a contract, and players are binded by document, although we are not very sure if there is a clause as stated by Bonai.

Just as reference, Bonai’s case reminds us of Gabor Gyepes incident a few years back in which saw his services were terminated prematurely by FAS after he obtained an injury during the pre-season training.  During that time, Gabor explained to us that he had already accepted the letter of offer from FAS to continue as a player at FAS, and his dismissal was considered unlawful.

Gabor eventually brought the case to FIFA and eventually won the case, with Gabor himself informing us that FAS finally settled all the the due payment they owed this year.

That said, if Gabor’s case is to use as reference, and Bonai indeed signed a similar agreement like Gabor did, FAS would likely be able to pursue the case and deny the transfer of Bonai out of Stadium Negeri.

 

 

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17 COMMENTS

  1. “A letter of intent (LOI) is a document outlining one or more agreements between two or more parties before the agreements are finalized”.
    Apa masalah nya Bonai nok pg mun nya sik puas hati ngan pengurusan Fas? Fikir nasib miak ya dolok sblm mikir lain..Kontrak sebenar blm disain..Kenak seblm tok sik dijaga miak ya n player nok bagus2…Jgn nok madah urg sik professional mun dirik empun belum professional..Pengurusan maok professional dolok baruk kelakar hal lain professional..Nok simple as “Penjualan tiket” pun sik dpt professional jgn kata nok lain..Stadium penuh declare sik sampei separuh,ya professional kah? Cermin dirik dolok..To Bonai,go head ajak main team lain..Carik pengalaman yg dpt nguntung dirik n bkn nguntung setgh individu..👍

  6. Management taik. Lanjiou FAS, lesen persatuan pun sik mampu nak polah. Dahlah kacau gik kerjaya pemain muda, slhkah player mudah camtuk menimba pengalaman, kelak bangga ktak pun juak bah, mun nya top. Jngan lepas org berjaya diclaim lak anak jati. Cuba cari jamuan drik empun improve Fas jgn slhkan player leave out mun FAS agi tunggang langgang.

  7. Nang dari mula pengurusan tok bemasalah,indah khabar dari rupa,saling nuding jari terhadap pihak lain,ginei nak narit sponsor mun keda tok..Demi bolasepak swak buangkan sikap utk kepentingan sendiri..Ayuh bangkitlah.

  8. Please help the Presiden..Management debah nya yg maok diatur..Dpt information Presiden tok jak yg berani sanggup mikul tanggungjawab..Udah lah nya carik fund n kerja ya bkn senang..Kerja management lain nya nyerah ngan dak kempimpinan debah n tok hasil yg nya dpt..Kesian..Mintak rombak management debah ya,biar Presiden fokus carik fund n mantau ajak..Sik terkabir nya nok jaga semua..
    Selagik sik diubah cara org yg manage kinek tok yg nunjuk pandei habis lah Sarawak tok..Sik heran Kuching nait Sarawak turun Fam Cup..Biar yg menar2 minat ngurus bol tok,jgn sia2 kan bakat pemain mudak kita..Apa guna berdendam n ngugut nahan nya pun surat pelepasan..To Bonai jgn takut,nya sik dpt nahan..Mun daknya sik ngeluar juak dlm masa bbrapa minggu automatik kau blh sain team lain..Kau bkn pemain bwh umur agik..Teruskan ajak..

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