Appointed coach of the Cameroon national team a few days ago, Marc Brys landed in Yaoundé on Sunday April 7 ready to sign his contract in the next few hours.
“I’m very excited! I’d like to get started already and we’re ready to put things in place. I was very happy with the selection process. It was very professional,” he said.
The 61-year-old Belgian gaffer’s appointment to succeed the former Liverpool and West Ham United defender Rigobert Song came from Cameroon’s Ministry of Sports and Physical Education and not the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT The decision has put both parties in open conflict with FECAFOOT stating that the decision was made unilaterally without thier consent.
However, during a meeting convened at the Cameroon Football Federation headquarters in Yaoundé on Saturday to address the crisis surrounding the selection, FECAFOOT emergency committee asked its president Samuel Eto’o to propose a national coach and other management staff for the national side within 72 hours.
A spokesperson for the ministry in a reply to the decision taken said the result of the FECAFOOT meeting was “an appeal. It is not yet a decision.
The recent conflict risk causing a potential ban from FIFA as the world football governing body has strict rules against government interference in national federations.
Whose decision stands at the end of the day?
The drama continues