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AFC Leopards have explained the status of the over Ksh20m owed to former coach Patrick Aussems that landed the club in problems before the start of this season.
AFC Leopards are confident of closing their file with former head coach Patrick Aussems following a pay dispute that landed the club in trouble before the start of this season.
Leopards risked being locked out of the 2023-24 Football Kenya Federation Premier League had they not come up with a plan to clear over Ksh20 million owed to Aussems over breach of contract.
At the time, Ingwe were under a transfer embargo over the bill and had been unable to register their new players but more was coming after it emerged that the club was yet to complete all the necessary documents that would see them get their Club License.
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It meant Leopards had to find a way to reach a resolution on the pending payments or risk having CAF's Club Licensing Online Platform closed before they submitted their documents which would see them barred from featuring in the league and they had to quickly reach an agreement with Aussems.
According to the plan, Leopards started by wiring $55,000 (Ksh7.8 million) to the Belgian tactician with a further $27,000 (Ksh3.8 million) was to be paid on August 14, 2023. Another tranche of $40,000 (Ksh5.7 million) would be paid by December 5, 2023, with the last installment of $30,000 (Ksh4.2 million) agreed to be wired on March 5, 2024.
However, the agreement came with a $20,000 (Ksh2.8 million) fine for each instalment they failed to pay on the agreed date.
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Relief for AFC Leopards fans as Ingwe reach agreement with Aussems over pending payment
Leopards were facing the prospect of being locked out of the league had they not sealed a deal with Patrick Aussems by end of Saturday but they have now sorted the issue
Now, club CEO Albert Wesonga says Ingwe are in the clear and do not anticipate any problems with their former coach which would land them in more trouble.
“It is almost done. Last payment was yesterday [Tuesday]. We did the payment as per the plan,” Wesonga told Pulse Sports.
“We don’t have problems given the sponsors we have. We have done this through our own means. We have been looking for money and we are up to date as per the plan.”
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The Belgian coach left Leopards last July after two-and-a-half years in charge but had reported the club to FIFA in March 2022 over unpaid dues of Ksh3.5 million from July 31, 2021, when he signed a new two-year contract, to December 28, 2021.
FIFA accepted his claim, ordering the club to pay him Ksh3.5 million as remuneration and Ksh17 million as compensation for breach of contract, while also slapping them with a three-window transfer ban for failing to pay him within 45 days.
Wesonga feels the club has learned their lessons and also wants to ensure they have more sources of income to avoid getting into problems in case of a potential loss of a sponsor.
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“We don’t want to rely on one sponsor, we have look at multiple sources to raise money. Those are some of the things we will be telling our fans at the Ingwe at 60 celebrations,” he added.
“We should own a stadium, a place we call home. These are things previous regimes and leaders from Western Kenya did not manage to do but we want everyone to start a fresh now that we are turning 60.”
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