Portuguese Primeira Liga club Boavista are forcing Michael Uchebo to accept a pay cut despite the fact that they owe him two months wages and this is not the first time that they have been in arrears.<br /><br />In the past, The Panthers struggled to remain a going concern and suffered relegation to the third-tier, having failed to meet obligations to their creditors. <br /><br />They were then promoted after promising to run the club in a stable way but it looks like they are back to their old ways.<br /><br />&ldquo;They keep calling him to meetings and trying to force him to sign documents to accept reduce salary, they have tried this several times, &rdquo; a source close to Uchebo told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br />&ldquo;They have even threatened that he would not play until he accepts a lower salary and he would be isolated.<br /><br />&ldquo;On two occasions there were two clubs that agreed to sign Michael but Boavista turned it down.&rdquo;<br /><br />Boavista want to cash in on Uchebo and have plans to sell him to a club in Asia, which is against his will as he wants to remain in Europe. <br /><br />&ldquo;Last window he was ready to go but Boavista refused.<br /><br />&ldquo;They are trying to sell him to regions that the player doesn&rsquo;t want to go to so they can generate money from a sale , that is Korea, Middle East and Asia.<br /><br />&ldquo;People should not expect Africans to work for free, those days have gone, &rdquo; he added.<br /><br />The 26-year-old Michael Uchebo earns 20,000 euros net every month at Boavista. <br /><br />Reuben Gabriel and Uche Nwofor have not been paid by Boavista for two months and the club have also been illegally trying to force Nwofor to accept a wage reduction by threatening to not play him which is against the Fifa rules.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : cerclebrugge.be<br />