Former captain and coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Sunday Oliseh has opened up on the reason behind his controversial exit from Dutch side Fortuna Sittard.
Oliseh took over the second division team at a time when they were struggling to beat the drop to the third division. He kept them up spectacularly by almost sneaking into a promotion play off spot. That earned him an extended stay at the club.
The next season which was his first full season at the club saw them go top of the table but he was relieved off his role as coach in controversial fashion with the club saying it’s due to non sporting reasons. They ended up gaining promotion to the top division that same season.
Speaking on what led to his exit, Oliseh who said his only regret was a post he made on Twitter about his departure from the club revealed that , he was sacked because after winning so much matches he is entitled to a huge bonus which the team might struggle to pay him.
“The owner never expected that so many matches would be won and certainly not that a period championship would be won. My monthly salary was not high, but with good results there would be hefty bonuses. It was hundreds of thousands of euros.”
“When I started to ask what I was entitled to, suddenly I was no longer good. Do you really think you can get such good results if you don’t have a good relationship with the players?” Oliseh asked.
Oliseh watched on as the team finished second behind Jong Ajax to gain promotion to the Dutch top division in a season where he set the base for their success. He took the club to the Dutch arbitration for compensation for the job he did but lost out due to a post he made on social media after his exit.
“I laid the foundation for the promotion and I haven’t received a cent of promotion premium yet. But it’s not even about the money for me. It just feels unfair how I’ve been treated”, he explained.
“I have also been approached by Roda JC and FC Köln in the meantime, but I have my principles. I only regret a tweet I posted after my resignation, in which I tried to tell my side of the story to make things clear. I shouldn’t have done that”, he admitted.
