Four senior footballers of the SAFF Women's champions Bangladesh team left the capital for Thimphu on Sunday to play in the Bhutan National Women's Football League beginning there on April 15.

Four players --Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun, SAFF's best player Ritu Porna Chakma, reliable national booters Monika Chakma and Matsushima Sumaya---will play the for Paro FC in Bhutan league.

Officials of Paro FC received the players at the airport.

The four Bangladeshi players will play for Paro FC for four months and they are likely get Taka one lakh per month per person in addition to both way air fares and all local in expenses.

But, their clubs will have to release them during national team engagements as per FIFA rules.

Besides, two other Bangladeshi national players --defender Masura Parvin and SAFF's best goalkeeper Rupna Chakma, earlier roped by Transport United team of Bhutan, will join team soon along with another Bangladeshi player Krishna Rani Sarker, now under close touch with Transport United of Bhutan.

Earlier, promising national booter Sagorika failed to make registration with the Transport United of Bhutan due to age complications.

Sanjida and Shamsunnahar Sr also have a chance to play in the Bhutan National women's league and communications in this regard are in progress.

Apart from four players, rest other players of the 55 member preliminary national squad of the Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, including Krisna Rani Sarkar and others joined the national camp here on Sunday.

The Head Coach of Bangladesh women's football team Peter Butler scheduled to return here on Monday to start the national camp with the remaining players except the four.

Earlier on Saturday, President of Bangladesh Football Federation Tabith Awal alongwith BFF Women's wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron and other EC members sat a courtesy meeting with Bhutan- bound players at the BFF office and wished their luck.

After the meeting, BFF media committee chairman Amirul Islam Babu said that it was a courtesy meeting with the players where the president wished them good luck and hinted that the senior players will be called up ahead of the team's departure for the Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers billed for Myanmar from June 29-July 5.

Earlier, 18 senior players boycotted the national training camp led by Sabina Khatun under the head coach Peter Butler since January 29 showing huge allegation against him and subsequently they were excluded from the national squad for two friendly away matches against hosts UAE in last February-March.