The capital city’s team, which occupies the last place in the Toplyga, was taken over from its founder Jan Nevoina by Dutch citizen Clancy Konadu, but the financial situation of “Riteriai” continues to worsen with each passing day.
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The club has not paid a fine to the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), matches were canceled a few weeks ago because there was no ambulance, and the match with Marijampolė’s “Sūduva” was on the edge because payment was not made to the “Ex-Commissioners’ Bureau”.
Nevertheless, the confrontation with “Sūduva” took place, and the Vilnius team lost the match 0:3.
The team has already been left by footballers Egidijus Vaitkūnas and Ukrainian Artiomas Baftalovskis, as well as the only remaining coach in the team, Gintautas Vaičiūnas.
The latter was soon replaced by Ayhan Gargili.
“Football is not the most important thing right now. Players are thinking about other things. This is a big problem,” said the new strategist after the match.
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Before these matches, it was announced that players might receive at least part of their salaries. However, this was just another fog sent by the new owner Clancy Konadu.
“I am not an accountant, I am a coach. The club owner said that players were supposed to receive at least half of their salary. When I came to the locker room, it turned out that only 4 players received money. I don’t know, maybe he sent the money, but it hasn’t arrived yet. Now we smile, but it’s not real. Every player comes to training, works, and at the end of the month does not get paid.
This affects you psychologically. When you don’t have money at home, problems arise. It’s not just about football. If you work in a store or restaurant and don’t get paid, you can’t focus on the necessary things. Players told me that if they don’t get money, they won’t come to training, then we will have a problem,” said A. Gargili.
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