Storm in a team cup? Stars coach Antoine Hey at Kasarani. Photo courtesy of The Standard
By Mike Kwambo
The ongoing tussle between Harambee Stars Head Coach Antoine Hey and several KPL clubs over the remittance of "commitment letters" is not good for the team's preparations ahead of the 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup qualifier against Nigeria in Abuja.
Herr Hey may have good intentions but the clubs have every right to hold on to their players until the FIFA stipulated release date approaches and it would be in order for the good man to acknowledge the clubs good faith in releasing them three weeks ahead of this date.
The players are employees of their various clubs and it is sad that they are at the center of an unnecessary storm. .The national team does not pay their rent.Playing for the national team is not necessarily a right, it is a privilege and for Herr Hey's information, privileges can be turned down.
Threatening to drop the players only puts the team under undue pressure ,more so after that heartbreaking home loss to Tunisia. There is a need for consistency and continuity in the team and it will not be achieved by the constant bickering shuffling of players overs matters as mundane as commitment letters. There needs to be a harmonious relationship between the clubs and the national side, consensus is the way to go.
Hey should focus on the task at hand, a good result over Nigeria and in subsequent matches. Commitment letters never won any matches.
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