Oshoala, Ajibade and others players in Liga Femeni to go on strike
Oshoala, Ajibade, and other players in Liga Femeni to go on strike
Super Falcons stars Asisat Oshoala of Barcelona Femeni, Rasheedat Ajibade of Atletico Madrid, and their colleagues in Liga Femeni could delay the start of the 2023/24 season due to a potential player strike.
Five-player unions representing the top flight of women’s football in Spain have called for a strike on the first two weekends of the new campaign after failing to agree a deal over better pay and conditions.
The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) have confirmed negotiations, which are aimed at ‘achieving fair treatment’ for players, to ‘reduce the existing wage gap’ and other issues, have not progressed.
Further talks are planned for September 4 with the new campaign scheduled to start just four days later.
The combined union effort wants to secure a collective agreement over the situation, after completing a key deal in 2020, bringing the minimum player salary in Liga F to €16,000.
AFE and other unions are expected to offer an update in the coming days, as Spanish football finds itself embroiled in a wider controversy surrounding the treatment of female players, as part of the ongoing calls for Luis Rubiales to resign as RFEF president.
Many Nigerian female footballers play in Spain, they include Antoinette Oyedupe Sevilla, Charity Adule Deportivo La Coruna, Chidinma Okeke Madrid CFF, Osinachi Marvis Ohale Deportivo Alaves
, Rita Chikwelu Levante Las Planas, Isabel 'Mabel' Okoye PM Friol and others.
