Maruful & co sacked

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club has terminated its entire coaching staff including head coach Maruful Haque allegedly over 'poor fitness level' of the players. 

The decision came exactly one year after Maruful was appointed as the technical advisor of the club last year after the expulsion of Nigerian coach Joseph Afusi, who is set to retake the helm of the Dhanmondi giants.  

“We have formed a team with best possible local and foreign players and we don't expect that this team will produce bad results. Players of Brothers and Mohammedan run well but Sheikh Jamal do not run like them. So I think there is problem with fitness of our players,” said club president Manzur Kader.

A source inside the club informed that the club president was also not happy with the coaching staff due to poor supervision of the foreign players.

Sheikh Jamal, who currently have a three-point lead on top of the league table  half-way through, suffered their first defeat of the season in their last match against Abahani.

“I still know nothing about the termination. But if I am terminated, I won't have any regrets,” said Maruf, who guided Sheikh Jamal to the league title last year and followed up with triumphs in Bhutan's King's Cup and Federation Cup earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Kader also informed that Haitian striker Sony Norde will rejoin to Sheikh Jamal in the first week of June after his current contract with Mohun Bagan expires.