THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) says the recent sacking of three managers of the Golden Jaguars unit is an internal matter. Managers of the country’s senior National men’s football team Mark Xavier and Faizal Khan, along with English Parris who managed the Under-23 squad, were all told that their services are no longer needed by the GFF.
Though this newspaper was unable to ascertain the rationale behind the three managers’ dismissal, it was under Xavier and Khan that four English-based players (Neil Danns, Matthew Briggs, Samuel Cox and Marcel Barrington) were unable to represent Guyana in their 2-2 away draw against St Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2018 World Cup Qualifier, due to not being granted citizenship on time.
Director of Marketing and Communications Rawle Toney told the Guyana Chronicle in an invited comment yesterday that the move to relieve the trio of their jobs on the team’s management panel is internal.
He added that the GFF will not be releasing any further information on the matter regarding the trio, noting, “All I can say is that the matter was an internal one by the GFF and was handled that way.”
Meanwhile former Khan has promised to release a statement ‘in time’ as to his alleged sacking from Golden Jaguars’ management duties.
Khan, in a public forum stated that as of now, he has no official comments but is going to release a statement in the coming days.