Valletta FC and Gzira United have both made formal requests to the Malta Football Association to investigate claims with regards to the awarding of the UEFA licence to Floriana FC.

Valletta FC issued a statement in which they announced that the club has submitted a formal request to the association to investigate a number of serious claims that have been brought to its attention with regards to the awarding of the UEFA licence to Floriana FC.

The club said that it was demanding nothing but fairness and equal treatment and that should the claims being put forward result to be truthful, the applicable sanctions are applied in full respect to MFA and UEFA licensing regulations.

On the other hand, Gzira United announced that they had written to the MFA President and Secretary General requesting an investigation about the information received by the Club in relation to possible irregularities in the submission for UEFA Licence by Floriana FC.

The Club said that it will await a decision by the MFA Bureau once the matter was not discussed during the MFA Executive Committee meeting which was held on Wednesday.