Ghana FA admits Rajevac future in balance

Published on: 06 September 2010

Milovan Rajevac future’s with the Black Stars hangs in the balance after the Ghana Football Association admitted they could lose the Serbian coach.

This comes after reports from a Sudanese website on Saturday claimed that Rajevac has signed a contract with Saudi giants Al Ahly.

The Serbian flatly denied the news report but his refutation flies in the face of the fact that he has not signed a four-year deal table by the Ghana FA three weeks ago.

His initial two-year contract with Ghana expired on 17 August and his decision to stay on to coach the Black Stars, according to him shows his commitment to the country.

Even though Rajevac initially agreed the terms of the deal with the Ghana FA he seems to be still dragging his feet over the terms of his contract which is has sparked fears from the Ghana FA boss Kwasi Nyantakyi that the Serbian could leave.

"The terms of the contract has been thoroughly discussed and agreed upon. The only thing left for us is to do the necessary consultation with our stakeholders and the government. We have almost agreed on it so we need to get Milovan Rajevac to put pen to paper to finalise the arrangements that we have made with him," Nyantakyi said.

"What is now going to put everything in abeyance is the new position taken by the coach that in view of a personal position he has with his manager and at home, he will have to go back to Serbia to discuss those issues and sort them out before he signs the contract

"In the event he is unable to solve those issues we may have to look elsewhere for a new coach and those are some of the indications we are receiving. It's not a comfortable piece of news but we just have to come to terms with that," he added.

While rubbishing the report that he has already signed for the Saudi side Al Ahly, Rajevac could not say if he will stay with the Black Stars when they play Sudan next month.

 "I cannot promise anything which will be unrealistic. Now is not the moment to discuss it. We need to finish what we started and in the next moment we will know," the Serbian coach said.

Rajevac will travel to his native Serbia on Monday and he will make a final decision after sorting out outstanding issues.

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