Cameroon Head Coach Claims Email Was Hacked, Denies He Has Resigned

Marc Brys has denied he has discontinue arsenic coach of Cameroon contempt nan country’s shot federation confirming his exit connected Wednesday, arsenic nan Belgian said his email was apt hacked and his alleged resignation missive did not travel from him.

It is nan latest twist successful a long-running conflict betwixt Brys and nan Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) since his assignment by nan country’s sports ministry successful April 2024.

A missive dated 21 July, supposedly from Brys to nan sports ministry and FECAFOOT, said he had made nan determination to terminate his statement “due to nan non-payment of my remuneration and that of my unit for much than 60 days.”

When nan missive came into nan nationalist domain connected Wednesday, FECAFOOT said successful a connection they had noted nan resignation and would “implement a coordinated consequence to mitigate nan effect of this vacancy astatine nan caput of nan nationalist team’s method staff.“

However, Brys later said successful a missive to nan sports ministry that his email had apt been hacked, and that he had not resigned.

Cameroon’s sports ministry confirmed that Brys remained successful his role. FECAFOOT has not responded to nan coach’s denial.

It comes 5 months earlier nan Africa Cup of Nations finals successful Morocco and pinch Cameroon’s qualification for nan 2026 World Cup undecided.

Brys has had a testy narration pinch FECAFOOT president Samuel Eto’o since taking nan occupation past year, but his position is funded by nan Ministry of Sports and Physical Education.

Cameroon person been drawn successful a group pinch defending champions Ivory Coast, Gabon and Mozambique astatine nan December 21-January 18 finals of nan AFCON.

They are now 2nd successful their qualifying excavation for adjacent year’s World Cup successful nan United States, Mexico and Canada, a constituent down Cape Verde pinch 4 rounds remaining.

Only nan apical squad automatically earns their spot astatine nan finals, pinch Cameroon group for a crunch necktie distant against Cape Verde successful September.

The qualification run will reason successful October.