« Pape Thiaw était en train de faire ses valises à 6h d’un match » : les nouvelles graves révélations de Sport News Africa
Without a contract since February 2026 and with five months of unpaid wages, Senegal's coach Pape Thiaw is said to have gone through a particularly tense administrative situation on the eve of a crucial match against Norway.
This is what Sport News Africa reveals, the day after Senegal's elimination, describing a sequence marked by last-minute negotiations and strong institutional tensions within the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF).
According to the specialized media outlet, it was only after the revelations about the coach's contractual situation that the outstanding payments were urgently settled. However, this settlement was both late and partial, since the day before the match, in a press conference, Pape Thiaw stated that "everything is back to normal," even though his contract was not yet finalized at that point.
According to Sport News Africa, the signing of the new contract took place only a few hours before kickoff against Norway. This situation reportedly resulted from a last-minute maneuver by the FSF leadership and its general secretary, Abdoulaye Sow, to delay the official announcement until the immediate aftermath of the match in order to obtain sporting and administrative rulings.
Faced with the lack of a formal contract, Pape Thiaw's representatives reportedly raised their voices, even suggesting that the coach might not take his place on the bench. This confrontational stance has apparently forced the federation to confront its responsibilities, in an already tense atmosphere ahead of a crucial match.
“This was a coach who was packing his bags six hours before a match,” a source told Sport News Africa. The source added, “Can you imagine preparing for a match under those conditions? There wasn’t a healthy working environment with such distrust from the management.”
Finally, under pressure and after a further complication related to a clause added late by the federation, the contract was reportedly signed in haste, approximately five hours before kickoff. The signing allegedly took place in the presence of the FSF's general secretary, representatives of the parties involved, and an advisor to the President of the Republic, according to the same source.
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