Coach Abdulai Gazale has blasted Burkinabe tactician, Seydou Zerbo following an interview he granted with Kumasi-based Fox FM on Monday.
The former Asante Kotoko gaffer launched a scathing attack on his former deputy coach and goalkeeper’s trainer, Issah Najahu, accusing them of being detrimental to his tenure at the club.
He labelled the two trainers as enemies progress who plotted his downfall.
“The biggest problem I faced at Kotoko was Abdulai Gazale and Issah Najahu, who did not accept my arrival at all. They did everything to ensure my failure.
“They are enemies of progress who plotted my downfall. They spent their time making things difficult for me and Islam Nazim at Kotoko,” Coach Zerbo stated.
In response to this accusation, the caretaker of the Porcupine Warriors said: “It is unprofessional for Coach Seydou Zerbo to make these baseless allegations against me,” Coach Gazele told Oyerepa FM
He continued: “I didn’t expect such thing to come from him because when I was around we played about six matches and he acted a way to me by shutting me up in the dressing room so I asked the management to stay out because I cannot work with someone who doesn’t trust me.
“After the dressing room incident, he disgraced me before all the players and told them he will never allow me to warm up with the players.
“As soon as I did that, Kotoko played about 16 matches and things were not going well.
“Coach Zerbo cannot sit anywhere and accuse me of sabotaging him because the number of matches I was involved was lesser than the number of matches I was absent so how will I be somebody who was sabotaging him.
“It’s an unfortunate statement he has made. I did not expect that from him. He is the only coach that has complained about sabotage out of the many coaches I’ve worked with,” he concluded.
