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Pasuwa reject $3 000 monthly pay
11 Jan 2016 at 12:08hrs | Views
WARRIORS preparations for African Nations Championship (Chan) tournament have suffered are blow after coach Kalisto Pasuwa rejected the $3 000 monthly salary tabled by Zifa.
Pasuwa is demanding to be paid $7 000 per month.
This comes after Zifa said Pasuwa should win the tournament or risk being fired.
The Warriors are set to leave for Rwanda on Friday.
They are in Group D alongside Zambia, Mali and Uganda. They kick off the campaign with a date against Zambia on January 19.
According to NewsDay, Pasuwa's manager Gibson Mahachi declined to discuss figures, but described the salary offered by the soccer controlling body as "unreasonable" and even below what other coaches in the Premiership were getting.
Mahachi said they had met with Edzai Kasinauyo (Zifa board member development) and tabled their demands .
"I can't mention the figures, but the salary they are offering is below what other coaches in the Premiership are earning and this being a national job. I think he deserves a better salary," Mahachi said.
"We met with Kasinauyo and tabled our demands. Pasuwa has done well in the past year under very difficult circumstances. He qualified for the All-Africa Games and Chan under very difficult circumstances. He also won 2-1 against Malawi and drew 1-1 against Guinea in the 2017 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers, but he gets such an unattractive contract," Mahachi said.
Mahachi also said the targets by Zifa were unrealistic, given that the team had not prepared adequately for the Chan tournament to be held in Rwanda next week.
Zifa has not managed to arrange an international friendly match for the Warriors ahead of the tournament.
Proposed friendly matches against Cameroon and Mozambique have failed to materialise, meaning the Warriors could go to the Chan tournament without a match practice, which could have given the coach an opportunity to gauge his team's strength and weaknesses.
"Their targets are not realistic because they have not arranged any friendly match for the team. The preparations have also been disrupted and there is a lot of some catch-up to do already," Mahachi said.
Pasuwa is demanding to be paid $7 000 per month.
This comes after Zifa said Pasuwa should win the tournament or risk being fired.
The Warriors are set to leave for Rwanda on Friday.
They are in Group D alongside Zambia, Mali and Uganda. They kick off the campaign with a date against Zambia on January 19.
According to NewsDay, Pasuwa's manager Gibson Mahachi declined to discuss figures, but described the salary offered by the soccer controlling body as "unreasonable" and even below what other coaches in the Premiership were getting.
Mahachi said they had met with Edzai Kasinauyo (Zifa board member development) and tabled their demands .
"I can't mention the figures, but the salary they are offering is below what other coaches in the Premiership are earning and this being a national job. I think he deserves a better salary," Mahachi said.
"We met with Kasinauyo and tabled our demands. Pasuwa has done well in the past year under very difficult circumstances. He qualified for the All-Africa Games and Chan under very difficult circumstances. He also won 2-1 against Malawi and drew 1-1 against Guinea in the 2017 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers, but he gets such an unattractive contract," Mahachi said.
Mahachi also said the targets by Zifa were unrealistic, given that the team had not prepared adequately for the Chan tournament to be held in Rwanda next week.
Zifa has not managed to arrange an international friendly match for the Warriors ahead of the tournament.
Proposed friendly matches against Cameroon and Mozambique have failed to materialise, meaning the Warriors could go to the Chan tournament without a match practice, which could have given the coach an opportunity to gauge his team's strength and weaknesses.
"Their targets are not realistic because they have not arranged any friendly match for the team. The preparations have also been disrupted and there is a lot of some catch-up to do already," Mahachi said.
Source - newsday
