Mozambique: Football Federation expresses interest in renewing with Chiquinho Conde

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Mozambique: Football Federation expresses interest in renewing with Chiquinho Conde

8:35 CAT | 02 Jul 2024

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The Mozambican Football Federation (FMF) on Saturday expressed interest in renewing the contract of national coach Chiquinho Conde, noting that it will initiate negotiations with the coach to formalise the extension of the contract.

“A working group was set up that will conduct the entire legal-administrative process with a view to seeking consensus for the renewal of the contractual relationship between the parties. This work should begin in the next few days,” reads an FMF statement issued this Saturday.

At the press conference in which he accused Chiquinho Conde of being “ungrateful”, president of the FMF Feizal Sidat criticised the current coach for violating his employment contract by making accusations against his “employer” in public and on social media, and claim only for himself and the players the merit of the ‘Mambas’ victories, disregarding “all collective work”.

Sidat said at the time that Chiquinho Conde had disrespected him in front of the national team players by demanding ice in the locker room after the game in which Mozambique got through to the final phase of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), contested only by players who play on the continent.

He also reported that the national team coach had humiliated Paíto, current vice-president of the FMF for the national teams, by banning him from getting on the bus or entering the team’s changing room.

“My vice-president deserves respect. When he was banned from getting on the bus, he wept,” Sidat said.

Doubts regarding Conde continuing to lead the national team led some civil society leaders to go to the FMF headquarters to demand that the organisation’s management commit to renewing the contract with the coach, a very popular figure in the country.

Source: Savana