Skip to main content

Devan letak jawatan


P. Maniam (kiri) memulakan tugasnya sebagai pengendali baru Selangor selepas K. Devan mengumumkan peletakan jawatan, semalam. - UTUSAN/Saharuddin Abdullah

SHAH ALAM - K. Devan secara persetujuan bersama dengan Persatuan Bola Sepak Selangor (FAS) meletakkan jawatan sebagai ketua jurulatih pasukan Merah Kuning berkuatkuasa semalam, ketika anak buahnya masih 'tersepit' untuk ke suku akhir Piala Malaysia dengan baki dua perlawanan Kumpulan D.

Devan membuat keputusan melepaskan jawatan yang disandangnya sejak 2009, selepas mengadakan perbincangan dengan pengurusan FAS kelmarin, sekali gus menamatkan kontraknya lebih awal daripada yang dijadualkan berakhir pada 30 November ini.

Kedudukan Devan, yang membantu Selangor menjuarai Liga Super dan Piala FA 2009 dan Liga Super 2010, diambilalih penolong jurulatih, P. Maniam sementara Rosedy Nadzir dinaikkan pangkat membantunya dan jurulatih penjaga gol, Azmin Azram Aziz dikekalkan.
Setiausaha Agung FAS, Datuk Hamidin Amin berkata, pihaknya sedih dengan keputusan Devan.

Katanya, FAS masih cuba memujuk Devan supaya menarik balik keputusannya tetapi terpaksa akur demi kebaikannya dan pasukan selepas mesyuarat khas pengurusan persatuan dipengerusikan Timbalan Presiden, Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad, kelmarin.
"Beliau meluahkan hasrat untuk berundur selepas Selangor kalah 1-2 dengan T-Team, Sabtu lalu dan saya kira bukan rezekinya (sebagai ketua jurulatih) untuk meraih sebarang piala musim ini.

"Kami bagaimanapun 'berpisah' cara baik dan memutuskan untuk menggantikannya dengan Maniam.
"Maniam merupakan bekas pemain Selangor dan Malaysia, malah sudah lapan tahun menjadi jurulatih belia negeri yang memenangi Piala Belia 2006, Piala Presiden 2008 dan pingat perak Sukan Malaysia di Melaka 2010," katanya dalam sidang akhbar khas di Padang Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri di sini, semalam.

Sementara itu, Maniam berkata, beliau akan mencuba yang terbaik mengemudikan Selangor dan memulihkan maruah pasukan yang tercalar khususnya untuk memenangi baki perlawanan Kumpulan D dengan PDRM di Paroi, Sabtu ini dan Kuala Lumpur di Shah Alam.

"Devan macam abang dan sifu (guru) saya. Saya banyak belajar daripadanya tetapi lain jurulatih, lain gayanya. Kita tengoklah bagaimana keputusan perlawanan nanti," katanya yang pernah memangku tugas itu ketika Devan dikenakan tindakan tatatertib oleh FAM dan dilarang berada di bangku pasukan.

Ketua pasukan, Mohd. Amri Yahyah berkata, pemain dukacita dengan pengunduran Devan dan terkejut kerana ia berlaku secara tiba-tiba, tetapi bertekad memberikan komitmen tinggi di padang dan memulihkan maruah Selangor.



UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ex-coach's jail sentence cut to a year

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal yesterday sentenced former athletics coach C. Ramanathan to 12 months' jail for molesting two junior athletes 19 years ago. A three-man bench led by Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus unanimously dismissed Ramanathan's appeal against conviction, but varied the jail sentence of four years to a year, which was to run concurrently. Following yesterday's ruling, Ramanathan, 75, a former teacher, walked out a free man as he had served 10 months in Kajang Prison. Convicts get one-third remission for good behaviour while in prison. However, he will lose his pension. Hishamudin, who sat with Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail and Datuk Linton Albert, said the court found no merit to overturn the conviction. "However, in reducing the sentence, we considered Ramanathan's age and the long years the appeal has taken." Deputy public prosecutor Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud submitted that then High Court judge Tan Sri Abdull Hamid E...
2 comments
Read more

Govt Always Gives Emphasis To Sporting Culture, Says PM

KUALA TERENGGANU, May 29 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badaw i said the government always gives emphasis on cultivating a strong sporting culture in achieving excellence at the international level. As such, the Prime Minister said, it was important to scout for young talents in sports. "I observe that the Malaysia Games (Sukma) has become one of the important platforms to do so. "In this arena, the potentials and skills of the youngsters can be identified for development so that they can achieve greater success in sports," he said in his message in the souvenir book of the 12th Sukma from May 31 until June 9. Abdullah said he was aware that competition in sports was very keen and challenging but this did not mean that Malaysian athletes were incapable of competing at the international level. "The fact is that we have all the characteristics required to be excellent. We must inculcate a strong fighting spirit so that we don't easily surrender,...
1 comment
Read more

Chance to catch Messi and company

  FAM deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and vice president Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin with FC Barcelona chief executive officer Antoni Rossich yesterday. Pic by Osman Adnan LIONEL Messi's presence alone could sell half the tickets despite reigning world club champions FC Barcelona's date with a Malaysian XI at the National Stadium on Aug 10 falling on the third day of Hari Raya. The much anticipated visit of the four-time European champions comes with expectations from fans who want a full star-studded line-up. "The summer will be a busy period with a lot of uncertainty with players moving away and coming in. "But yes, our plans are to bring our full team here," said FC Barcelona chief executive officer Antoni Rossich yesterday. Rossich was speaking at the announcement of the friendly match, which is part of the three-match FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013, which sees the giants also visiting China and Thailand. Also pre...
2 comments
Read more