YAOUNDE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Cameroon's football federation are refusing to accept Otto Pfister as their new coach, rejecting the announcement of his appointment by the country's sports ministry last week.
FECAFOOT president Mohamed Iya has told sports minister
Augustin Edjoa, who made the announcement, that the football
federation would not sign a proposed contract with the
70-year-old German coach, local media reported on Monday.
The refusal is an unusual flexing of independent muscle by
the football federation, who had previously bowed to government
control because of their reliance on state funds to pay for team
expenses and coaches' salaries.
Pfister, who is working at Sudanese club Al Merreikh, is due
to arrive in Yaoundé in midweek to sign a contract to take
charge of the Indomitable Lions at next year's African Nations
Cup finals.
