Let's recall that in December 2016 the national football coach, the French Patrice Neveu announced in an open letter after barely 1 year in office, his departure from the head of the Grenadiers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19640-haiti-flash-patrice-neveu-leaves-the-grenadiers.html because in particular of arrears of unpaid wages owed to him by the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) with whom he had a two-year contract https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16114-haiti-football-patrice-neveu-new-national-coach.html

Despite discussions no agreement was found and Patrice Neveu filed a complaint in April 2017 before FIFA to require the FHF to pay his salary arrears. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20632-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html and won.

"The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has granted us until August 31 to repay our debt to Patrice Neveu [...] Otherwise, Haiti risks being excluded from all competitions and the Federation is not free of a possible suspension," said Yves Jean-Bart, the President of the FHF conference press the past week. Recall that the debt amounts to 200,000 US dollars including recourse fees and financial penalties

Asked if the Federation can afford to pay, Yves Jean-Bart kicks in, recalled that Marc Collat ​​was not volunteering. He was a full-fledged employee of the Federation under contract, supported and paid through a grant of one million US dollars granted by FIFA to each Federation, part of which was used to pay among other Patrice Neveu and all related costs linked to his stay and travel.

In the meantime, there are few days left for the FHF to find the funds and pay $200,000 to Patrice Neveu for the balance of everything before August 31, 2019 and to avoid the worst for Haitian football...

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16127-icihaiti-football-presentation-of-the-new-national-coach-and-his-staff.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16114-haiti-football-patrice-neveu-new-national-coach.html

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