The Managing Director of Hearts of Oak, Frederick Moore has opened up on the departure of Portuguese tactician Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto while insisting coach Edward Nii Odoom has the backing of the board ahead of the new season.
Less than a fortnight ago, the Phobians announced Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto as the club’s Technical Director – which according to news from the grapevine was a ploy to calculatedly eject Edward Nii Odoom as head coach of the club.
However, reports emerged that seven days after the appointment of the former Saint George’s coach, he has left his post due to a number of disagreements with the club hierarchy – chief among them was his refusal to accept Edward Nii Odoom as his deputy.
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Reacting to the fast-spreading reports, Frederick Moore confirmed the departure of Carlos Manuel but insists the reasons behind his departure as reported by the media is misleading.
“It’s true the coach has gone back but a lot of what is going around on social media isn’t completely true,” he told Kumasi FM.
Mr. Moore continued: “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.”
“I do not want to concentrate on Carlos Vaz Pinto. Every supporters priority should be for us to win and not who’s in charge of the team,” he retorted.
“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,”
He delved into the much-talked about head coach position of the club which according to various quarters the club hierarchy is not totally convinced with the technical prowess of Edward Nii Odoom.
“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,” he ended.
Credit: SKB Journal
Last Updated on April 2, 2025 by Samuel Kwame Boadu
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