Akwa
United erstwhile head coach, Zachary Baraje has berated the decision of
the Promise Keepers’ management led by Chairman, Akparawa Nse Ubeh for
not contacting him that his services were not needed before announcing
the appointment of Belgian Maurice Cooreman as his replacement.
Baraje said there was nothing wrong for Akwa United to appoint a new coach after the expiration of his season long contract with the club at the end of the Federation Cup final in Lagos on November 22nd which he led the team to win but that the chairman ought to have called him to tell him officially that his contract won’t be extended.
He said that he has no grudge with Akwa United and that he enjoyed the single season he signed with them but that with his over 30 years experience as a coach he ought to have been treated better after leading the club to lift the Federation Cup and also maintaining their topflight status at the end of last season.
“I don’t want words with the chairman but what I know is that I have been coaching for over 30 years now but he has only stayed for six months and he should have known that he ought to have done better with the way he approached my situation.
“I am not saying that I want to remain as coach of Akwa United by all costs but I should have been communicated first that my services are not needed before naming a new coach. I don’t have any problem with that and I have moved on and I’m hoping for the best,” Baraje told SportingLife.
Baraje said he wishes the club best in the CAF Confederation Cup quest and that he is presently studying the offers before him from other clubs to see the possibility of staying on in the elite division as coach.
Baraje said there was nothing wrong for Akwa United to appoint a new coach after the expiration of his season long contract with the club at the end of the Federation Cup final in Lagos on November 22nd which he led the team to win but that the chairman ought to have called him to tell him officially that his contract won’t be extended.
He said that he has no grudge with Akwa United and that he enjoyed the single season he signed with them but that with his over 30 years experience as a coach he ought to have been treated better after leading the club to lift the Federation Cup and also maintaining their topflight status at the end of last season.
“I don’t want words with the chairman but what I know is that I have been coaching for over 30 years now but he has only stayed for six months and he should have known that he ought to have done better with the way he approached my situation.
“I am not saying that I want to remain as coach of Akwa United by all costs but I should have been communicated first that my services are not needed before naming a new coach. I don’t have any problem with that and I have moved on and I’m hoping for the best,” Baraje told SportingLife.
Baraje said he wishes the club best in the CAF Confederation Cup quest and that he is presently studying the offers before him from other clubs to see the possibility of staying on in the elite division as coach.
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