Fabio Capello in Russia, it’s over! The Russian Federation ended Tuesday to its Italian contract sélectioneur in office since July 2012, under the fire of fierce criticism after a crushing defeat in June against Austria.
“The Russian Football Federation and the coach of the national team, Fabio Capello, have reached an agreement to terminate the employment contract “which ran until World-2018 held in Russia, she said in a statement.
According to Russian media, Capello, 69, is expected to receive about 930 million rubles (15 million euros) in compensation. It is expected in Moscow on Wednesday to formally sign the agreement on his “resignation”.
Meanwhile, the Russian Federation thanked “sincerely Fabio Capello for his work in this position and wish success in it her professional activities. “
” So goes the life of football, “said the deputy TASS Italy coach, Oreste Cinquini, stressing that Fabio Capello felt” no feelings negative “to the Federation.
Head coach of Russia since July 2012, Fabio Capello had signed early 2014 a whopping contract, with an estimated annual salary of 7 million euros, which made him the highest paid coach in the world.
The Federation had however revealed soon not be able to pay his salary, admitting “simply do not have money,” for lack of funding.
This year, the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, president of the holding USM disbursed twice hundreds of millions of rubles to adjust Fabio Capello wage arrears, which had not been paid for months
– ‘A very courageous act’ –
Fabio Capello, who led AC Milan AS Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid, had supported the Russian team after leading the English national team in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup and having qualified for Euro 2012.
But in Russia, the results have been criticized on several occasions, including at the World Cup in Brazil.
The Russian team this World Cup after 12 years of absence had failed to qualify for the knockout stages in a group composed of Algeria, Belgium and South Korea. She was unable to get any success.
In the middle of June Fabio Capello was left again under the fire of criticism after the defeat against Austria (1-0) in Moscow, compromising the qualification for Euro-2016.
This setback has placed Russia in third place in its group (G), 4 points of Sweden (2), receive 5 September.
Given the many calls for the resignation of Fabio Capello, the Minister Russian Vitali Mutko Sports had said in June that his future would be resolved “before the end of the month.”
The resignation “is a very courageous act of Fabio Capello,” said Tuesday the deputy Igor Ananskikh, part of the sports committee in the State Duma, lower house of the Russian Parliament.
“Even if he failed to do his best in this position, it is no doubt a great coach, “said Mr. Ananskikh to official news agency Ria-Novosti.
No official announcement has been made on his replacement. Local media rely on three “favorite” all Russians CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky Moscow, the Krasnodar FC Oleg Kononov and former Moscow Torpedo coach, Alexander Boroduyk
14/07. / 2015 1:21:55 p.m. – Moscow (AFP) – By Maria Panina – AFP © 2015
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