FA broke, cannot hire foreign coach – CEO
La fédé swazi est dans la galère et ne peut plus s'offrir le luxe d'engager un coach expatrié. C'est ce qu'a reconnu le président de la fédé, Mngomezulu.
C'est pourquoi ils sont allés "local". Local is lekker, disent les Sudaf.
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MBABANE – National Football Association of Swaziland Chief Executive Officer, Frederick Mngomezulu has come out to openly say the football mother body is broke.
As a result, he stated that they cannot afford to appoint a foreign national team coach. "We don’t have money and we can’t afford a foreign coach for now. To be honest, we can’t even dream of taking football to another level if we do not have money. As you are aware we almost didn’t play the Congo game because of a shortage of funds," he said.
He stated that they need at least about E600 000 to play a single official match for the national team. "This money covers accommodation and food for the visiting team, air fare, allowances, food and accommodation for referees. A national team has 12 games a year so just imagine how we survive," he said.
About E1m spent on ‘Shakes’ a year
MBABANE – The FA spent a sum of about E1 million a year to keep former Sihlangu and now South Africa Under-23 coach, Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba in the country.
"It was too much. This money covered his salary, accommodation, food, fuel and airtime. We can’t afford this anymore because of the economic crisis which is prevailing," Mngomezulu said.
He stated that they are now getting E1.5 million a year from the sponsor, Swazi MTN, which is a far cry from the E6 million they need a year. "Initially MTN was giving us E3 million a year but they then reduced the money to E1.5 million. Imagine giving a coach a million a year yet you have only E1.5 million? You are then left with E500 000 for 12 games yet you need E600 000 for a single match. It’s not easy and we need a lot of money," he said.
Fa hails govt for rescuing Sihlangu
MBABANE – NFAS CEO Frederick Mngomezulu has thanked government for rescuing the national team and ensuring it faces DR Congo in next week’s World Cup 2014 qualifier.
"We truly appreciate the efforts of government through the Ministry of Sports for making sure that they get a sponsor for this important match. If it wasn’t for their effort this game would have been cancelled. This has showed us that government really cares about the team and they want to see it grow and compete with the best in the world," he said
Mngomezulu also said he appreciated comments from the public who, upon hearing that the game would not be played, called their office and expressed their disappointment. He said this is an indication that Swazis are fully behind Sihlangu.
