Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Former Nepalese Coach Thomas Flath To Join Maldives?

Football Association of Maldives (FAM) has confirmed that they are in negotiation with the former Nepalese Football coach Thomas Flath for the National football team.

Flath was under eye from FAM after Nepalese team under him had performed improved game in the 5th SAFF Games played in Maldives last year.

In an interview to maldivesoccer.com, the current Assistant Coach of Maldives National Team, Saanthi confirmed that the negotiation process has been ongoing for some time.

"We are in the negotiation process with Thomas Flath. But we are having problem with the salary demanded by Thomas Flath", Saanthi told maldivesoccer.com. According to the official, Thomas Flath has initially asked for US$ 15,000 per month as his salary.

However, Saanthi confirmed that they have not stopped the negotiation process and is still trying to bring the highly rated coach in the island.

National Team's coach position has been vacant after the historic SAFF Championship. The cup winning coach, Joseph Jankech left Maldives last year, after the SAFF championship, claiming he experienced a very difficult time in Maldives. Jankech also turned down to rejoin the Maldives National team after his Club refused to release him.

Source: goal.com

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