Botswana Football Association (BFA) is inviting applications from interested individuals who want to serve as intermediaries for players, coaches and clubs. According to BFA Public Relations Officer Tumo Mpatane, the intermediaries will replace FIFA Players Agents following the approval of several necessary amendments to the FIFA statues and the regulations governing the application of the FIFA statutes by the 64th FIFA congress. “The new regulations introduce a new approach based on the concept of intermediaries and were previously approved by the FIFA executive committee at its meeting on the 21st of March 2014 and it came into force on the 1st of April 2015,” he said. The applications have been open since February 3 and will close on February 15. Applicants are expected to drop off their applications at the BFA or email them. Mpatane said anyone can apply to be an intermediary if they are suitably qualified. “We want to abolish agents, and now we are acting in compliance with world standards for the sake of our footballers,” he said. Mpatane said this will benefit players more, something that Footballers Union Botswana (FUB) has always wanted. Township Rollers Manager Motshegetsi Mafa said they do not have a problem with…