Black Leopards midfielder Edwin Gyimah has expressed his opinion against South African Premier Soccer League players signing pre-contract agreements.
Gyimah has become a mainstay in the Leopards team since joining as a free agent after his contract with Bidvest Wits FC expired at the end the 2018/2019 campaign.
The former SuperSport United and Orlando Pirates defensive midfielder has called on players in the Absa Premier League to desist from penning a pre-contract agreement as it only served to destabilize teams.
The versatile Ghana international said this after Grant Margeman signed for Mamelodi Sundowns this campaign but will only link up with his new team for the next season.
George Maluleka is also on his way to Sundowns from Kaizer Chiefs while Leopards star Lesedi Kapinga is believed to have signed a pre-contract, also at Downs.
"When it comes to players who have signed pre-contracts it sometimes also affects a team depending on the situation the team is in," Gyimah told KickOff
"Especially us in the relegation, in the bottom of the league, it really affects us because those players who have already signed pre-contracts were playing a key role in the team."
He added: "It's really, really painful because of where we are in this situation... because the kind of players that we've lost at this moment is a big blow for us."
Leopards entered the enforced break as a result of the coronavirus, bottom of the PSL standings with six games to play.
Gyimah continued: "You can't really rely sometimes on a player who has already signed a pre-contract [elsewhere].
"The club bosses and the chairmen also realise that as much as they are doing business, they can see that if a player signs a pre-contract he no longer has love for the team anymore. He's already thinking about his next move."