Shock as Trucha joins new team less than a day after quitting AFC Leopards
AFC Leopards coach Tomas Trucha gestures from the touchline during their FKF Premier League match against Tusker FC on November 28, 2020 at Kasarani.
What you need to know:
- The development comes less than 24 hours after he resigned from AFC Leopards citing security reasons, a move that will most likely raise eyebrows among football enthusiasts.
Former AFC Leopards coach Tomas Trucha was Friday morning named the head coach of Liga Premier of Malaysia giants Penang FC.
The development comes less than 24 hours after he resigned from AFC Leopards citing security reasons, a move that will most likely raise eyebrows among football enthusiasts.
The former Township Rollers coach was only in charge at the Den for a month, and only led the 13-time Kenyan champions in their opening Football Kenya Federation Premier League match against Tusker last Saturday, winning 2-1.
The coach had cited threats to his agent's life as the reason for the decision to quit the club. Nation Sport however reported that the coach had an offer lined up from a club in Malaysia.
"Today, we accepted Tomas Trucha’s resignation as Head Coach, effective immediately. This has been occasioned by the coach feeling that his safety is not guaranteed since his manager, Mr. Prince Channis, has been threatened by people purporting to be Ingwe supporters," the club's National Executive Committee said in a statement on Thursday.
"This is disturbing and unacceptable for anyone who claims to be a supporter of this esteemed club. True AFC Leopards’ supporters hold themselves to the highest standard and put the Club’s and public good before all else."
