Young players of Song Lam Nghe An will receive allowances after the holiday.

In recent days, information has emerged that young players at Song Lam Nghe An have not received any allowances since the beginning of the year. This has attracted public attention and raised many questions.

Nghe An Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Deputy General Director of Song Lam Nghe An Sports Joint Stock Company, Director of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center about this issue.

Mr. Nghia said: "On August 31, Nghe An province transferred funds for training professional football athletes to Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center. With the above amount, Song Lam Nghe An decided to pay half of the allowance for 8 months from January 1 to August 31, 2023 for athletes training at the center. However, due to the holiday, the club will pay this allowance as soon as the athletes return to training."

Song Lam Nghe An Sports Joint Stock Company owns Song Lam Nghe An Team 1 competing in V.league and Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center. In which, Song Lam Nghe An Team 1 operates based on money provided by Sponsor Tan Long Group.

As for the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center, its mission is to train professional football players to compete in youth tournaments and be selected to be promoted to the first team. The funding for this center is taken from the annual provincial budget, through bidding. It is estimated that each year the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center will receive approximately 30 billion VND.

This amount will be spent on allowances, education, food, training equipment for athletes, participation in youth tournaments, etc. In particular, each month each young player will receive about 1.5 million VND in allowance. Thus, after this September 2nd holiday, each athlete at Song Lam Nghe An will receive 4 months of allowance, equivalent to 6 million VND.

This allowance is not large but will be a timely source of encouragement for young players, helping athletes have more motivation to continue to maintain the flame of passion, practice hard to contribute better to the province's football in particular and Vietnamese football in general.