No love lost between Valencia management and coach
| DATE: 2009-04-28 | PRINT | Share
“We are having so many problems,” he said. “Even within the club there are many problems. I have tried not to talk about this, and I don’t want to talk about it, but if these problems aren’t sorted out soon then I might have to take some steps.”
He said that the most of the problems were with the top management of the club and he wasn’t even sure if the players had been even paid.
“It’s my job to take care of the players,” he said. “But since the top management is having problems I can’t control the players. I don’t want to talk about this yet so you’ll have to ask the top management… as I don’t even see them anymore. I can’t talk to them.”
The rocky relationship between Valencia’s coach and management seems to have filtered out on to the field as evident from their performance. So far this season Valencia has managed to win only two matches, while losing six and drawing two.
When asked who would take responsibility for such dismal performances Jozeph said that the management had failed to make the changes he had recommended at the end of the last season.
“I told them to keep the important players,” Jozeph said. “However 2-Kilo left, along with Baka, Faruhad, Shinaz and Ferry. We were left with several young and new faces who weren’t experienced enough to be on the full team, but had to compete anyway.”
The coach’s grievances with the management aside, it appears that the players aren’t very happy with the coach’s decisions either. According to the players, the coach’s behavior was very different from last year. One of the sore points, according to some players, seems to be the decision by the management to send back one of the foreign midfielders that Jozeph had brought on to the team.
Valencia’s CEO Abaadh Ahmed Saleem said that shifting the blame to the management even though the coach had been given full control over the team was irresponsible and that there were several things that the coach had to step up and take the blame for.
“True, the coach did say to keep the squad,” Saleem said. “But Baka and 2-Kilo left due under circumstances beyond our control. The coach also says that he wanted Assad and Akram, but that’s a lie. Assad was brought on because we wanted him. Then we gave the coach a chance to fill in the vacancy left by Ferry. The man that he found as a replacement for Ferry, even though he had said was much better than Ferry, turned out to be a total flop. That’s probably the reasons why the team is unable to perform like last year. So there are things that he should take responsibility for. We even met with him and told him that he wasn’t doing so hot this year. In reality, the team only lost two players. There were new players, yes, but you can’t really put all the blame on the management.”
Saleem further said that the management had met and talked with the coach several times.
“He’s probably referring to the fact that he hasn’t been able to meet with Jabir,” Saleem said. Well known businessman Abdulla Jabir, the Chairman of Yacht Tours, had taken over Valencia as its Chairman in 2006. “But it’s not possible to meet with such a busy man whenever the coach wants. Jabir tries to meet with the management, the coach and the players whenever he can.”
In regard to unpaid wages, Saleem said that there were some local players who had not been given a small percentage of their salaries yet but that the payments would be made within the next month.
| DATE: 2009-04-28 | PRINT | Share
“We are having so many problems,” he said. “Even within the club there are many problems. I have tried not to talk about this, and I don’t want to talk about it, but if these problems aren’t sorted out soon then I might have to take some steps.”
He said that the most of the problems were with the top management of the club and he wasn’t even sure if the players had been even paid.
“It’s my job to take care of the players,” he said. “But since the top management is having problems I can’t control the players. I don’t want to talk about this yet so you’ll have to ask the top management… as I don’t even see them anymore. I can’t talk to them.”
The rocky relationship between Valencia’s coach and management seems to have filtered out on to the field as evident from their performance. So far this season Valencia has managed to win only two matches, while losing six and drawing two.
When asked who would take responsibility for such dismal performances Jozeph said that the management had failed to make the changes he had recommended at the end of the last season.
“I told them to keep the important players,” Jozeph said. “However 2-Kilo left, along with Baka, Faruhad, Shinaz and Ferry. We were left with several young and new faces who weren’t experienced enough to be on the full team, but had to compete anyway.”
The coach’s grievances with the management aside, it appears that the players aren’t very happy with the coach’s decisions either. According to the players, the coach’s behavior was very different from last year. One of the sore points, according to some players, seems to be the decision by the management to send back one of the foreign midfielders that Jozeph had brought on to the team.
Valencia’s CEO Abaadh Ahmed Saleem said that shifting the blame to the management even though the coach had been given full control over the team was irresponsible and that there were several things that the coach had to step up and take the blame for.
“True, the coach did say to keep the squad,” Saleem said. “But Baka and 2-Kilo left due under circumstances beyond our control. The coach also says that he wanted Assad and Akram, but that’s a lie. Assad was brought on because we wanted him. Then we gave the coach a chance to fill in the vacancy left by Ferry. The man that he found as a replacement for Ferry, even though he had said was much better than Ferry, turned out to be a total flop. That’s probably the reasons why the team is unable to perform like last year. So there are things that he should take responsibility for. We even met with him and told him that he wasn’t doing so hot this year. In reality, the team only lost two players. There were new players, yes, but you can’t really put all the blame on the management.”
Saleem further said that the management had met and talked with the coach several times.
“He’s probably referring to the fact that he hasn’t been able to meet with Jabir,” Saleem said. Well known businessman Abdulla Jabir, the Chairman of Yacht Tours, had taken over Valencia as its Chairman in 2006. “But it’s not possible to meet with such a busy man whenever the coach wants. Jabir tries to meet with the management, the coach and the players whenever he can.”
In regard to unpaid wages, Saleem said that there were some local players who had not been given a small percentage of their salaries yet but that the payments would be made within the next month.
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