FIFA has given Egyptian giants Zamalek an ultimatum to pay $ 650,000 unpaid wages owed the club’s former striker Junior Agogo to avoid point deduction.

The Cairo-based outfit, who are the current leaders of Egypt's premier domestic competition, owe overdue payments to Cameroonian midfielder Alexis Mendomo and former Ghana striker Agogo, among others. Both men filed complaints with FIFA's disciplinary committee.

The FIFA disciplinary committee originally gave Zamalek a 90-day deadline last March to settle the payment but the club was given a respite after lodging an appeal with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS).

However, CAS threw out the appeal last week, prompting FIFA to continue its disciplinary measures against the club, which is now in a healthy financial situation compared to when it struggled to fulfill its financial obligations towards the likes of Mendomo and Agogo from 2008 to 2013.

"The deadline of 90 days granted to the Zamalek Sporting Club in the decision taken by a member of the FIFA Discplinary Committee on 6 March 2018 shall start counting as from 31 October 2018," the world governing body said in an email sent to Zamalek, which was published by local media on Sunday.

It is expected that the officials of Zamalek in the footsteps of previous crisis through negotiations with players and talks with them in a friendly way to send part of the dues to Agogo and agree on fixed dates in order to send the rest of the dues and resolve the matter away from FIFA to avoid penalties.

The Ghanaian joined Zamalek from English side Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2008 but terminated his contract with the Whites just nine months later.

Agogo only featured on 11 occasions, scoring just three goals for the team.

By Daraja Mutari