“The players leave and get stuck with bad contracts, with no negotiating power.
“They get thrown into academy teams and stuck there for the agents to scoop up fees and forget about their careers.
“Because so many of us come from such poverty, it’s very easy for these agents to convince a young player to leave. Think about it: $100,000 sounds like a lot to you, but imagine what it sounds like to the player who lives with five other people in a one-bedroom and uses a milk bag for shooting practice.”
Azira further said that his journey has been shaped by destiny as he is one of the many players he grew up with from his Kampala neighbourhood that have made it as far as he has done.
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Because we had a meeting when we played Egypt, we told president Moses Magogo that we want the money to be paid and in our accounts before we played Senegal. He said no problem, you will get the money . We later called and told him that we needed the money. We knew the federation that if we get to Kampala, that money was not going to be paid. We sat out and decided not to play football with uncomfortable minds. But he branded us, bad players, added the 33-year-old star. We told him [Magogo] that we are not going to play until our money is on our accounts. Not until Thursday, we were playing on Friday when money came in. We went to training at 10:00 pm that very night.
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