Before you mock CAPS, think about

SO, it’s not only CAPS United who occasionally find themselves struggling to meet the demands of their players.

Well, even in the South African Premiership, the dream move for many Zimbabwean footballers, clubs also find themselves with similar financial challenges.

The latest casualties are Swallows FC, one of the iconic franchises in South African football.

Their players have sensationally refused to take part in first-team training sessions due to an ongoing issue triggered by unpaid salaries which now threatens to throw their relegation fight into chaos.

It can be revealed that the entire first-team squad refused to train on Saturday, following their 2-2 draw against SuperSport United on Friday.

“Players are not receiving their salaries at Swallows, which is something that has been happening since November last year,” South African Football Players Union deputy secretary-general Calvin Motloung sensationally confirmed to KickOff.

“We did attend to that in the interest of the players, where we had a meeting with the club management with regards to the unpaid salaries.

“But the players suggested we give the club enough time, that was after the club promised to pay them.

“So now, there are players that have not been paid since December last year, until today.

“Players came to me, and we did what we had to do, we wrote letters demanding the outstanding salaries be paid.

“I went to the meeting with the management with Mr Mogashoa and Mr Xulu, but they still failed to pay the players.”

Some of the players have not been paid since February.

“Others are still owed the salaries of March and April, with others owed from February to now. “So we have referred these matters to the league now.

“What happened is on Saturday players refused to even train, because they are demanding their salaries.

“So the management came to address them, they told them they will correct the situation.

“So today, the team is training in the afternoon, and the players have agreed among themselves that they are not going to train until they are paid their monies.”