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Togo coach resigns!
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| Coup |
Togo's World Cup Group G preparations are in turmoil after coach Otto Pfister resigned over a pay dispute.
His former assistant Kodjovi Mawuena will take charge of the side for their first game with South Korea on 13 June.
"When I started to be manager of Togo, I was promised that bonuses for the players would be cleared," Pfister told Fifaworldcup.com.
"That is still not the case, so I decided to quit immediately. It has destroyed a dream of my life."
Pfister, who was only appointed in March, said he blamed the Togolese Football Association for the row and he was not interested in further talks.
"I'm not going back and I am giving up my work as national trainer. I won't be messed with any more," said Pfister.
"The players boycotted training sessions and with that my basis to work has been removed."
Fifa's head of communications Markus Ziegler said they had not yet had confirmation that Pfister was no longer in charge, but changing the coach was unlikely to be a problem.
"The situation for players is clear, but the rules do not apply to coaches," he said.
World Cup debutants Togo are in the same group as South Korea, Switzerland and France.
They are the lowest Fifa-ranked team in the tournament and only appointed Pfister as coach in March.
The Togolese Prime Minister Edem Kodjo had said he would travel to Germany to personally intervene in the row.
Talk about timing! |
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| zoric |
I wouldn't resign if I was in the World Cup.
But I've read that he could be back if he gets all the payment. |
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| paranoik0 |
Looks like a blow for Togo's title hopes then. :(
Seriously, I can see them coming out of the cup with about 10-15 goals conceded. This is going to harshly affect an already very weak team. |
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| pipe0007 |
| its all about the benjamins:wtf: |
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| fastmp3 |
| damn mickey mouse african teams :whip: :whip: :whip: they'll get their ass kicked and go back home, whereas the lords of africa (morocco, cameroun, nigeria) are already on vacation :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| LuNaSeA |
| wow. that's insane. who the would do that?! just wait another few days until togo's eliminated anyway :p ok jk but srsly, i guess the $$ was most important to him :conf: sad... |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
Talk about timing! |
Indeed... it seems he was ready Togo.
Haha, get it? Togo, to go, Togo, to go :D |
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| basd |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Indeed... it seems he was ready Togo.
Haha, get it? Togo, to go, Togo, to go :D |
** drum fill ** |
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| LittleGoku |
| the Players dont deserve that type of BS :whip: |
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| LuNaSeA |
| lol. lira's on a roll. |
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| Hman |
| quote: | Originally posted by fastmp3
wheres the lords of africa (EGYPT AFRCIAN CHAMPS,morocco, cameroun, nigeria) are already on vacation :whip: :whip: :whip: |
Fixed
and Togo's coach is a bitch.... there gana get it bad . |
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
"When I started to be manager of Togo, I was promised that bonuses for the players would be cleared," Pfister told Fifaworldcup.com.
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it actually seems the pay dispute is not about his, but about the player payments.
So he is atually taking a moral standpoint rather than being selfish.
I dunno, I'm just going off this article |
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