Who Pays the Federation? The first reaction comes from the NFF: groundless information!

Several days ago, an article was published by “Albanian Post” about several payments carried out by the Kosovo Football Federation, as if not legal.

Popular soccer names, including journalists and analysts, are also featured.

For the first time in this writing, the Kosovo Football Federation has reacted, which names these writings as past and not based.

Full response from NGK:

The Kosovo Football Federation has been attacked in recent weeks by a structured criminal group with specific interests, which attack the Federation, National, Football Clubs and football in general, especially when they claim there can be elections at the FFK and seize this institution.

Through these attacks, they have decided to recycle baseless information that had been distributed in past periods. These claims are now the same that have been clarified years ago by a host of institutions and justice bodies, and this is a closed chapter.

Inspired by the criminal case intensivers in Albania, this criminal group has decided this time to employ Baton Haxhiun in Kosovo as well, to polish one's image and attack others through the few media and the pseudo-journalists it has. For this criminal group, the FFK has initiated publicisation procedures in the highest state bodies, justice organs, as well as the Council for Prevention of Negative Ducurures in Sports.

As for libels, Baton Haxhiu and his pseudo-journalists, misusing all ethical and moral standards, through their media that have neither mass audience nor adequate attention, have speculated with the aim of blackmailing and damaging football image through attacks on clubs, the Football National and the Federation itself. Unfortunately, they are being called into high value of journalism and investigative journalism, but have in the most flagrant way violated the basic rules of ethics in journalism.

They have decided not to verify any information, publishing false news with the aim of manipulation of opinion, blackmail and football damage. For all claims made by the Albanian Post, the NFF has not been contacted in any form as parties attacked in the lowest possible way. The Federation has already launched the proceedings for denouncing these abusers of freedom of expression for this slander, on media complaining troops in Kosovo, as well as on judicial bodies.

The mediatic oligarch, convicted of slander, fraud and blackmail by local and international justice bodies, Baton Haxhiu, owner of Albanian Post, prior to the publication of these false news, has attacked clubs, the National of Kosovo and the FFK, through several columnists and some television presentations in the past two weeks, to follow up with false news in the Albanian Post. His entire dirty campaign of slander and blackmail aims to denigrate and balloon anyone against the criminal group he serves and is part of.

Once again, we want to re-focus that all the documents and doubts mentioned in these writings are recycled information from three years ago. The FFK calls on all media in Kosovo for any possible information you need, to respect the basic rules of ethics in journalism, and to address the FFK through official communication channels.