Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, president of the Gabonese football federation, announced that the decision to dismiss the coach has not yet been made and a meeting will be organized in the coming days to examine the outlines before making a final decision. which will be communicated officially.
CContrary to what is relayed on social networks and certain newspapers, the president of Fegafoot announces the information of the dismissal of the national coach of the senior Panthers, Patrice Neveu, is not yet confirmed. At least that’s what the president of the Gabonese Football Federation (Fegafoot) declared on September 13 when contacted by Gabonreview. “We communicate through official channels and not on social media. When we want to communicate, especially in cases concerning the dismissal of a national coach, we do so in due form – and publicly. So, it turns out that we haven’t worked on the Neveu case. We will do this in the coming days and we will make public the decision we have taken regarding», Declared Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, on the Gabon Review website. If a large part of the public wants to see Patrice Neveu sacked because of his unsatisfactory results with the Panthers in view of the last elimination in the African Cup of Nations planned in Ivory Coast, the president of Fegafoot specifies that the dismissal of the coach will be done in accordance with the procedures in this area. “We cannot make decisions in haste. Patrice Neveu has a contract that runs until 2025 with Gabon. So we will have to look at all these parameters before making the decision. These are all questions that we will have to look at before deciding», Explained the president of Fegafoot. Appointed head of the Panthers in May 2019, Patrice Neveu has a mixed record with 29 official matches played with Gabon, for a record of 12 wins, six draws, ten defeats, 31 goals scored and 27 goals conceded. This assessment was recently crowned by an ejection of the Panthers on September 9 by Mauritania for the Can 2024. If his departure from the head of the Panthers is not, according to the president of Fegafoot, on the agenda, the French technician still seems to be in an ejector chair. Continues the information site.
