{"id":4473,"date":"2026-10-12T13:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:11:21","slug":"rayon-sports-seek-to-resolve-foreign-players-cases-before-caf-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/rayon-sports-seek-to-resolve-foreign-players-cases-before-caf-tie\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayon Sports seek to resolve foreign players\u2019 cases before CAF tie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-2-2.jpg 678w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-2-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rayon Sports are working to resolve financial issues affecting three foreign players who have yet to play for the club, with president Murenzi Abdallah saying delayed funding and unpaid salaries have complicated efforts to settle their cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The players \u2014 Mokono Elie, popularly known as Eldinho, Mohamed Ouattara and Sandja Bulaya \u2014 are owed a combined Rwf60 million, according to Murenzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to Radio Rwanda on Monday, October 12, the club president said Eldinho was owed Rwf15 million, Ouattara nearly Rwf30 million and Bulaya Rwf15 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murenzi attributed the wider cash-flow problems partly to a delayed payment from Jayrutty, the club\u2019s clothing and merchandise partner. He said the company had promised $315,000 but failed to deliver the money by the expected date of September 15, affecting the club\u2019s financial plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jayrutty reportedly told Rayon Sports it had faced difficulties linked to the conflict in the Middle East, which affected its planned sales of club merchandise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rayon Sports had expected to use some of the anticipated funds, alongside $50,000 received from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), to settle the three players\u2019 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Murenzi said the CAF money arrived while the club was also facing salary arrears affecting other players. Management chose to use it to pay about 30 players rather than prioritise only the three foreign recruits. The women\u2019s team also had outstanding payments, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president said club officials had explained the financial situation to the three players. Two accepted the explanation, but Eldinho did not, according to Murenzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that their omission from the squad for the match against Gorilla FC followed a decision to reduce the number of foreign players selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rayon Sports lost that league match 1-0 and now face a home fixture against Mozambique\u2019s Black Bulls at Amahoro Stadium on October 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murenzi said the club was seeking a solution to the players\u2019 cases ahead of its upcoming fixtures, including the next round of the CAF Confederation Cup. Resolving the issues would give the club more options as it pursues its continental campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rayon Sports are working to resolve financial issues affecting three foreign players who have yet to play for the club, with president Murenzi Abdallah saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,43,41,35,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news","category-current_affairs","category-hot_topics","category-regional","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4476,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/4476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}