Vaz Pinto didn't leave on bad terms and Odoom has the support of the board - Fred Moore

Barely a week after he was announced as the technical director of Hearts of Oak, Portuguese trainer Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto left his job at the club.

He did not begin his work but left his role due to supposed disagreement with the club's board of directors.

Managing Director of Ghana Premier League giants, Accra Hearts of Oak, Frederick Moore has rubbished reports that Portuguese Technical Director, Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto left because there was disagreements with the club.

He admits that the Portuguese trainer has left the club but it was due to personal reasons as the club could not wait for him to resolve his problems before starting the job.

According to the club's Managing Director, the board has absolute confidence in head coach Edward Nii Odoom to do a good job.

"It’s true the coach has gone back but a lot of what is going around on social media isn’t completely true.

He’s gone back for a variety of reasons;the son and wife has contracted Covid-19 and he’s gone to see them,I’ve even chat with him this evening." he told Kumasi FM

"I do not want to concentrate on Carlos Vaz Pinto.Any supporters priority should be for us to win and not who’s in charge of the team.

Pinto did not leave on a bad terms and if everything goes on well he could come back but we are building an academy and needs a director of football and cannot wait if he’s not back in five or six weeks time.Accra Hearts of Oak is bigger than an individual and Pinto himself knows that."

"The noise of which coach leads the team isn’t helpful to the boys,they need to concentrate and win.

The most important thing is for Hearts to win the league and that’s what matters and not whether Odoom or someone will be the head coach."

"Coach Odoom has a contract,he has the support of me and the board,we fully support him.

Honestly this is not the time to talk about Odoom or anyone but the concentration must be on winning,maybe somewhere midway of the league we will talk about it."

"Rumours of me being sacked isn’t a worry to me,it’s like water under the bridge,the most important thing is Hearts winning."he added.

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