The AIFF has now stated that the final amount of the Stimac contract was made without the approval of the central committee.
"The current AIFF management took office in September 2022, by which time Stimac had already been in office for more than three years. When his contract came up for renewal in October 2023, the AIFF Central Committee, under the presidency of Vice President N.A. Haris met in advance and proposed to the AIFF that Stimac could be offered a two-year contract with a monthly salary of US$30,000 starting in January 2024 and instruct the legal team to finalize the contract "with a favorable termination clause." to the AIFF," reads the AIFF statement.
According to the statement, the details of Stimac's new contract were finalized and modified without the approval of the central committee. The new contract stipulated that Stimac's contract was $30,000 per month until February 2025 and was raised to $40,000 between February 2024 and January 2026 "without Central Committee approval for such amount."
“The then Secretary General and the AIFF legal consultant negotiated and finalized and the then Secretary General signed the contract with Stimac. The executed contract provides for a salary increase of $30,000 per month from February 2024 to January 2025 (as approved by the Central Committee) and $40,000 per month from February 2024 to January 2026 (without the approval of the Central Committee for said amount ). Specific instructions regarding the inclusion of termination clauses favorable to AIFF were also not followed before the execution of the contract. However, certain termination clauses for justified cause were maintained in the contract,” the statement added.
The AIFF stated that Stimac was trying to exit his coaching stint and was not fully focused on the important FIFA World Qualifier against Kuwait that took place on June 6, which was also Sunil Chhetri's last match for the team.
"It appears that Stimac was more concerned with finding specious reasons to end his coaching stint in a manner favorable to himself rather than focusing on the team's preparations for perhaps the most important match in the recent history of the Indian national team," adds the statement.
Another point of speculation was Stimac's announcement in which he talked about how a meeting with the AIFF ultimately led to him having to undergo heart surgery in December 2023, a fact that the AIFF has now announced that they did not know about and that They believe it was an attempt to "deflect the serious issue that Stimac was not medically fit to provide coaching services."
“The AIFF is also surprised to find, according to Stimac's public statements, that he underwent heart surgery during his engagement with the AIFF. “He has irresponsibly blamed the AIFF for causing his heart disease, attempting to deflect the serious issue of him being medically unfit to provide coaching services and failing to formally disclose this to the AIFF,” the statement concluded.
"The current AIFF management took office in September 2022, by which time Stimac had already been in office for more than three years. When his contract came up for renewal in October 2023, the AIFF Central Committee, under the presidency of Vice President N.A. Haris met in advance and proposed to the AIFF that Stimac could be offered a two-year contract with a monthly salary of US$30,000 starting in January 2024 and instruct the legal team to finalize the contract "with a favorable termination clause." to the AIFF," reads the AIFF statement.
According to the statement, the details of Stimac's new contract were finalized and modified without the approval of the central committee. The new contract stipulated that Stimac's contract was $30,000 per month until February 2025 and was raised to $40,000 between February 2024 and January 2026 "without Central Committee approval for such amount."
“The then Secretary General and the AIFF legal consultant negotiated and finalized and the then Secretary General signed the contract with Stimac. The executed contract provides for a salary increase of $30,000 per month from February 2024 to January 2025 (as approved by the Central Committee) and $40,000 per month from February 2024 to January 2026 (without the approval of the Central Committee for said amount ). Specific instructions regarding the inclusion of termination clauses favorable to AIFF were also not followed before the execution of the contract. However, certain termination clauses for justified cause were maintained in the contract,” the statement added.
The AIFF stated that Stimac was trying to exit his coaching stint and was not fully focused on the important FIFA World Qualifier against Kuwait that took place on June 6, which was also Sunil Chhetri's last match for the team.
"It appears that Stimac was more concerned with finding specious reasons to end his coaching stint in a manner favorable to himself rather than focusing on the team's preparations for perhaps the most important match in the recent history of the Indian national team," adds the statement.
Another point of speculation was Stimac's announcement in which he talked about how a meeting with the AIFF ultimately led to him having to undergo heart surgery in December 2023, a fact that the AIFF has now announced that they did not know about and that They believe it was an attempt to "deflect the serious issue that Stimac was not medically fit to provide coaching services."
“The AIFF is also surprised to find, according to Stimac's public statements, that he underwent heart surgery during his engagement with the AIFF. “He has irresponsibly blamed the AIFF for causing his heart disease, attempting to deflect the serious issue of him being medically unfit to provide coaching services and failing to formally disclose this to the AIFF,” the statement concluded.
