The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), despite having all preparations, deferred the transfer of the inaugural Professional Football League responding to fresh appeals by the participating clubs and footballers yesterday.

The clubs came out with a new proposal to start the transfer from December 15 and even managed to convince the protesting booters, who have been staging sit-ins for the past few days at the BFF Bhaban.

After a big showdown yesterday, the booters decided to postpone their sit-in programmes.

The revised date for transfer is December 14-February 14, 2007 and the Pro League will begin from February 15, 2007.

The participators' deadline for registration, however, remains December 13.

Meanwhile, the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) -- also set to begin the 3-day transfer from today with a plan to extend the period -- in a late night decision postponed the procedures due to the countrywide blockade.

CCDM chairman Khondoker Jamiluddin told last night that after announcing the schedule, he received calls from the concerned cricketers who are spread across the country for national duty and for the National Cricket League.

"It would be difficult for the players to reach the capital in this situation and we cannot ignore the players' safety or concern," Jamil said.

"If the situation gets better, we will sit with the clubs to announce a fresh date within 48 hours. Otherwise, we will consider announcing new date after December 10," he added.