Sunshine Stars, are experiencing a players’ mutiny in their Ijebu-Ode camp ahead of their 2011 Orange Caf Confederations cup tie with DR Congo’s Motema Pembe.

The game comes up at the Gateway International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode. They are one of the two Nigerian teams in the tournament.
SuperSport.com was informed on Tuesday that players had embarked on a strike on Monday demanding payment of their signing-on fees for this season.

NO PAY, NO PLAY —Sunshine Star players during one of their training sessions

One of the players, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that he and his colleagues are owed 100 per cent of their contract fees this term.

The player also disclosed that Sunshine Stars owe the playing personnel a month’s salary as well as a match bonus for one of their previous Orange Caf Confederation Cup games.

“We are on strike. We started yesterday (Monday), and we want the management to pay us our signing-on fees. Since the start of this season, we are yet to get one per cent of our signing-on fees.

“The players have resolved to stay away from training until this is addressed. We have done well for the club this season – we are top of the league and we are in the group stage of the Confederation Cup. Yet we haven’t got anything this season,” said the player.

However, the players will be holding a meeting among themselves at their Pebbles Suit camp in Ijebu-Ode on the situation on Wednesday.

The players are also threatening that they will boycott Saturday’s game against visiting Motema Pembe.

But the players have been training on their own without the supervision of head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote.