Chelsea confirm Clottey contract termination with Esperance

Black Stars striker Emmanuel Clottey has had his contract with Tunisian giants Esperance terminated.

The club’s spokesperson, Isaac Amponsah told Kumasi-based Boss FM that Esperance were unable to pay the agreed transfer fee of $1.5 million due to certain restrictions in Tunisia, adding that the situation has resulted in a mutual agreement to end the contract.

“Clottey got a three year contract and as a club, we were supposed to get $1.5 million as the transfer fee. Clottey himself was to receive $500,000 a year for the duration of the contract.

"However, certain restrictions prevent Esperance from paying such an amount of money directly to a club outside the country and so it meant that it would take a very long time for us to receive the money. That, coupled with their reluctance to pay the money, led us to contact them in a bid to terminate the contract,” he said.

Amponsah also told Boss FM that Clottey would revert back to Berekum Chelsea for now, noting that many clubs, including DR Congo’s TP Mazembe are interested in signing the striker.

“He is our player and so he will come to us, but many clubs are interested in signing him, including TP Mazembe. So we are also helping to get him a suitable club.”