Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) signed contracts with 36 players of the national women's football teams, confirmed a source within the BFF today.

The federation has prepared contract papers for 55 footballers including 18 rebellious ones, who have been boycotting the national team's training camp under Peter Butler since January 29.

Out of a total of 55 players in the BFF camp, 37 players have been training under Butler for the upcoming two friendly matches in UAE against the hosts, which will be played on February 26 and March 2.

It could not be confirmed whether any of those 18 players signed the contracts, but the source informed that the contracts of 19 others in training are in process of completion.

Another source within the BFF said the BFF president Tabith Awal has promised the 18 rebellious players that if they signed the contracts, they would be confirmed places in the final squad but that they would have to secure their places in the playing eleven with their own performance.

Tabith even promised that he would physically be present at the training session to welcome them and would appoint a neutral observer to look after everything in training, even though the senior players are still adamant about not training under Butler.