Georgian national team’s head coach Kakha Tskhadadze said in the conversation with journalist in the press club of “Prime Time” that he had never abused Levan Kobiashvili and together with future successes advised him not to make more similar mistakes. On the main question, whether he will leave the national team’s head coach post, he responded that the lawyers will find it out…
“First of all, I want to apologize to the public for such situation. The form of a conversation, which Levan Kobiashvili talked about, is unacceptable for me. I have never insulted him personally and if it was so, I can apologize publicly. As for the President of GFF, I would say to him: Levan, you lost a lot.
Levan chose such approach and made a decision. I am not going to answer. Simply, I wish him success in the future and I wish him not to make similar mistakes.
Contract terms and controversy
My contract is calculated in dollars or the equivalent in Gel. Since 2005, I received 700-800 thousand lower salary than other head coaches of the national team, but I agreed to these terms. Besides, I agreed to lower my salary by 10 000, that would be 30 000 USD a month. Besides, I brought analyst from Azerbaijan and I was paying him 1000 USD from my salary, because I believed he was doing his job. By the way, this is the amount I was getting in “Inter” Baku during 2 years.
I am not going to resign from the post. The lawyers will find out every detail and disputes and who is right in this situation will be cleared up.
I have not spoken with Kakha Kaladze on this topic, because I do not think it is right to intervene him. He was the greatest player and captained the team for years, but now he has other cases.
Tskhadadze – Kobiashvili: meeting 4
I meeting – for the first time I talked about this topic to Koabiashvili at the funeral of Davit Petriashvili, where Levan told me to decrease salary by 50 %, but I replied we would not agree.
II meeting – on the second meeting, I agreed with my decision to reduce salary by 25 % and he responded that if we cannot agree, he would fire me and give 1 month compensation.
III meeting – we stayed in out own positions and then reminded me once more that they would fire me.
IV meeting – at the end he told me they agree with my salary, but they will think about my coaching staff.
Another reason, the other reality
In my opinion, the financial issues are artificially created and the actual problem is something else. Before the elections, he said that no matter who will be the president of GFF, Tskhadadze must coach the team. Later, when he became president, repeated he had no a claim on me and my coaching staff. Yesterday, he said that the team took the 5th place and according to the disappointing results, the Federation can fire the coach.
I made such conclusion: they do not need Tskhadadze, they need other …
Georgian people and the promise of …
I came here with my own goal and I promised people that the national team would hit the 3rd place in the qualifying circle of 2018. This was before the poll and after it our goal has changed and now it is possible to fight for the play-off. This promise remains in force if I will have the opportunity now and if not, I might have another chance to fulfill it.
Address to football players
The truth has nothing to do with that story, as if I called the players and asked to support me. They expressed their desire themselves. I would like to address each member of the national team:
Guys, do not interfere in this situation. You only have to think about the play in the team.
