ALPHA ‘THE HAMMER’ UNITED striker Gregory `Jackie Chan’ Richardson has been formally and officially suspended from the club and any attempt to play for another  before the suspension is up will lead to further sanctions, club president Odinga Lumumba has warned.

“I don’t know what football rules Mr. Richardson is adopting, I don’t know who have written his rules. However, what is clear is that he has a very different interpretation of the laws of football,” Lumumba told Chronicle Sport yesterday.

Richardson and five other players were slapped with six month suspensions for various infractions by Alpha United one week ago.  Richardson was later quoted in another section of the media as stating that he would be playing organised football by this year-end, even though his suspension would be up in April 2015.

“At the end of the year, I have to play football. I have to play for some team, if it’s not Alpha then it will be somebody else. It is who is paying the most money, and it’s all about money,” Richardson was quoted as saying.

“When you are suspended from football in Guyana you cannot play, unless it (the suspension) is overturned by the Guyana Football Federation, CONCACAF or FIFA. I didn’t suspend him, the executive of the club did and he was formally notified,” Lumumba said.

“After serving his time he can move to another club if he so wish. That can happen when the transfer windows are open.”

Richardson, fellow striker Manasseh `Ziggy’ Primo and midfielder , Anthony `Natural’ Benfield were found guilty of abandoning the team just before its final match of the CONCACAF Champions League in Portland, Oregon last month.

The three players defied instructions given by Coach Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover, left the hotel hours before the game against Portland Timbers to go shopping.  They could not be found when the team left for the venue of the match but surfaced at the match venue long after the team arrived.

Their absence forced Dover to commence the game without them which impacted heavily on Alpha United who lost the game 6-0.

In February 2009, Richardson became the first Guyanese to land a contract in the USA’s Major League Soccer (MLS) after signing with the Colorado Rapids. He stayed with the club for four months before being waived to Carolina Rail Hawks in June.