Game-On Reporter
Former Vitesse Arnhem striker Abiola Dauda has exposed how Zimbabwean international Marvelous Nakamba was financially exploited by his former agent.
In a detailed social media post on X, Dauda recounted his time playing alongside Nakamba at the Dutch club during the 2014 season.
“Me and Nakamba stayed very close to each other in Oosterbeek and we basically do everything together.
“Then something interesting happened and the agent that brought him to Vitesse was a French guy who has been working with him for a while.
“One day he told me that he ran out of money and I asked him how because i knew how much he was earning and I was like how is it possible you don’t have money,” said Dauda.
Dauda explained how he discovered the Warriors captain was being forced to hand over a portion of his monthly salary to a French representative, despite the agent already receiving a standard commission from the club.
“So I asked him how is he taking money from you and he said that it’s what the representation contract says.
“Then I asked him to show me the contract, my eyes couldn’t believe what I’m reading in the contract,” wrote Dauda.
Dauda, who had familiarised himself with FIFA regulations regarding player representation, quickly spotted “foul play” in the document and intervened by contacting a lawyer.
“I have always been open to learning about contracts and the FIFA rules so I had an idea what a representation contract should look like.
“After reading it there was a lot of foul play in the contract and I can’t even understand how the agent was able to logged it in the FA.
“So I called lawyer that we have a problem and if he could help so he asked I should send him the rep contact and he will get back to me,” said Dauda.
The legal intervention was swift.
“He my lawyer came back to me he said the contract is not legal so I asked him to help and he did by just sending email to the French agent and we reported him to Vitesse as well and we never heard from him again,” said Dauda.
