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[FILE IMAGE]: A soccer ball on the field in a stadium.
A squad of more than 20 of Cape Town youth taking part in a football tournament in Spain has been left stranded overseas. This after the BT Football Academy allegedly failed to pay for return flights and accommodation for the squad.
The group left on the 6th of July and were due to have arrived back on Wednesday.
Eighteen-year-old player, Uan Jumat, is part of the team stranded and his mother, Chriszelda Williams, says the group is currently in Lisbon, Portugal after fundraising.
She says parents are now at their wit’s end and are running out of funds.
“I actually get emotional when I talk about it. I just want my child back home. He sent me a message yesterday with an emoji crying, saying he wants to come home. I just broke for him. I just want my child back home,” says Williams.
Attempts to reach the owner of the BT Football Academy have been unsuccessful.
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