Executive Board Member of Hearts of Oak, Vincent Sowah Odotei, has dismissed claims suggesting that the hierarchy of the club interfered with Coach Kosta Papic’s job.

The Serbian trainer who left the club just after three months caused the club hierarchy of interference.

In an interview with Accra based Angel FM, the 60-year-old stressed that some of the board members went to the extent of deciding which player deserved to start a match.

However, in a sharp rebuttal to the allegations, Vincent Sowah Odotei stated that he was shocked at why people were levelling blames at his doorsteps despite being the one to have introduced the coach to the players on his first day at the job.

“I can assure you, I will be the last person to see Papic fail. Nobody has influenced him, not even a shrug,” Vincent Sowah Odotei told the press on Wednesday.

Contrary to the accusations levelled against them, Sowah Odotei said, “I got Doc. [Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe] and Togbe Afede involved and we pleaded with him to stay. Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe even told him to stay because he’s been an ambassador to Serbia and we will help him, but he said he doesn’t think the players will change.”

“He told us that he experienced a similar thing at Matrizburg FC and it’s after he had left that things changed,” Sowah Odotei added.

According to him, the board realized Papic was unhappy after a series of abysmal performance from the players.

He also revealed that the club had finalized Papic’s contract before his resignation.

Meanwhile, U-15 coach has been named as the interim trainer until a new coach is appointed.

Source:Modernghana.com