via Blogger Russian FA can’t afford to pay Capello Russias FA does not have enough money to pay national team manager Fabio Capello. ||| Moscow - Russias FA does not have enough money to pay national team manager Fabio Capello, according to Sergey Stepashin who is a member of the governing bodys executive committee. “I can say for a fact that the Russian Football Union simply does not have enough money to pay Capellos salary,” the news agency Interfax on Wednesday quoted Stepashin as saying. “It is not something to be proud of when we cant pay Russias head coach what he is owed. “However, when we signed a contract with him, we should have thought about which financial sources would pay his wages. Today we need to find these financial benefactors.” Former England manager Capello has not been paid for the last five months according to Russian media reports. The experienced Italian, who has also coached Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and AS Roma, took over as Russia maanager in 2012 and steered the country to their first World Cup in 12 years when they qualified for the 2014 finals in Brazil. However, they had a disappointing campaign, finishing behind Belgium and Algeria with two points from three games and failing to qualify for the knockout stages. Capello, 68, extended his contract in January to take him through to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. According to Russian media, Capellos new contract is worth 9 million euros ($11.22 million) per year. – Reuters from Soccer Soccer Extended RSS ift.tt/1v2QFty ift.tt/1v2QGO6
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:20:38 +0000
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