Real de Banjul Football Club at the weekend held its end of season club meeting after the completion of the 2022/23 GFF League Division One season which saw the club clinch its 13th league title. The annual end of season meeting was held at the Oasis Apartments in Senegambia as the club’s management addressed its heroic City Boys on their triumphant season and on other more important subjects. The City Boys ended their wait to reclaim the league title that eluded them since 2014 as the club management’s decision in hiring a foreign coach in Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, came to fruition. In addressing his champion boys, Club President William Abraham said. “I will like to congratulate everybody on winning the league title. I pray to God to reign peace and health on everyone. We are very happy and proud as the season was difficult with tensions and disagreements here and there but at the end of the day, we all wear the same white color as one family.” Abraham added: “We have come very far, from the Real de Banjul players training separately, in Banjul and in Serrekunda for lacking fares to transport the players to train together to now owning a football complex and a team bus. We continue to work harder to further develop this club even more. As we speak we are working on moving five players abroad God willing, and those payers were not chosen by me or I tell any agent to come for any specific player, the players sell themselves. If I get it my way, I will first sell all the more senior players or all of you.” Our Club supremo advised the players to avoid unscrupulous people who approach them as football agents saying that: “Football is more organized now; every player needs what you call a Transfer Matching System (TMS) to complete transfers. There are a lot of criminals in football. I will not stop any player from moving abroad but there is no player who can force his way out of the club; I want to make that very clear!” He added: “We (Real de Banjul) have the means to move players any time. So, let’s show respect to each other and watch-out for fake agents who have no license to transfer you and are misleading you. Any agent that comes to us asking for a player, we will let you go but it has to be in the right way. Agents have approached our players at national duties but whenever they do, those players direct them to us and that is the right thing to do.” Abraham concluded by advising the players that: “Today you (the players) are here travelling to Basori to train and play games at the Live Your Dream Sports Academy (LYDSA). It is disheartening to see some players return home on holidays and claim that Basori is too far to go and train, I really don’t want to hear that from any of you who will…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has congratulated Real de Banjul after the club clinched its 13th league title in the 2022/23 GFF League Division One. The world football governing body supremo, Mr. Gianni Infantino, sent his congratulatory letter through the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) President, Mr. Lamin Kaba Bajo. “It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Real de Banjul FC for having being crowned 2023 Champion of the Gambia (GFF Division One League). This title could not have been achieved without the team’s hard work, passion, dedication and everyone at the club can be proud. Please extend my congratulations to everybody involved in this great achievement,” the FIFA supremo said. The Italian also squeezed in his appreciation to the GFF as he thanked the President, Kaba Bajo, and the entire GFF for their work in Gambia football. “On behalf of the entire football community, I take this opportunity to thank you and your Federation for your contribution to the development and prosperity of football in The Gambia and in Africa,” the letter ended. To add to the FIFA President’s words, Real de Banjul Football Club will like to thank the GFF President, Mr. Lamin Kaba Bajo and the entire Gambia Football Federation for their great work in improving our domestic leagues and the development in The Gambia football at large.