THEODORE Whitmore, head coach of Jamaica’s senior team, has signed a four-year contract with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).

The contract takes effect from June 1, 2018, and runs until December 31, 2022. Details of the terms have not been disclosed.

The agreement was signed following a meeting with JFF President Michael Ricketts. A statement from the JFF said both parties are satisfied with the terms and conditions of the contract and “now look forward to planning and executing in preparation for the senior team’s engagement in upcoming games and tournaments.”

 The agreement between the JFF and the coach officially ends the impasse that went public in early April when Whitmore suddenly quit saying protracted contract negotiations with the JFF had left him embarrassed and humiliated.

“The sequence of events surrounding my contract negotiation with the JFF and which has become a public issue, have left me extremely humiliated and is the cause of painful emotional scars to my personal, reputation and standing in the international, regional, local football community and the wider public,” Whitmore said in his letter of resignation.

Just over a week later, news emerged that the differences between the coach and the JFF were ameliorated by virtue of the Intervention of Jamaica’s Sports Minister Grange.

Whitmore, reports said, had agreed to an offer of US$6,000 per month plus perks.

“I am very pleased with what transpired at today’s meeting between myself, the JFF and the minister. Recently I tendered my resignation and I must tell the public that I am here to withdraw it based on what transpired in today’s meeting,” Whitmore said then.(SportsMax)