Leone Stars Coach Quits Amid Confusion

The Sierra Leone coach, Lars Olof Mattsson has quit his post after two years in charge of the team but there is confusion over his resignation.

The 58-year old Swedish manager claims he has already tendered his letter of resignation to both the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and the Sports ministry. But the two bodies say they have not received any resignation letter from him.

SLFA spokesman Sorie Ibrahim Sesay told Tide Sports source that Sport as far as they were concerned Mattsson is the Leone Stars coach.

“We still consider Coach Mattsson as our coach because we are yet to receive any letter from him. We only read about his resignation from the Swedish press.

“We expect him to behave professionally. If he wants to resign, he should communicate to us directly as we are his employers not the Swedish press. We’ll react when he writes to us,” Sorie Ibrahim Sesay said.

The resignation letter, which our source has seen, was addressed to both the SLFA and the acting Director of Sports in the Sports Ministry, Alphan Coker, via an email dated Wednesday 27 March 2013.

In the letter, Mattsson cites the problems the Leone Stars had leading up to their 2-1 defeat to Tunisia in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers recently. He also refers to the fact that he had no contract with the SLFA.