Apparently, the relationship that existed between the leadership of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) and the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro from a “fairy tale” became a “terror” series.

It was all flattery, congratulations and thanks between the parties after Ecuador arrived in Qatar 2022 at the hands of the Argentine.

However, after the dispute at the recent World Cup, it was known in Ecuafútbol that the working relationship with the coach was coming to an end along with the tricolor’s participation in the tournament.

Gustavo Alfaro’s farewell letter must go in the trash can

In January, FEF expressed its desire for Alfaro to continue and made a proposal to renew the contract, however, after a few days, DT decided not to continue and has remained silent ever since. your negative answer.

It was noted from Argentina that the coach sent a “request for the payment” of his outstanding obligations through his legal advisers, and that an answer is expected within ten days, and if there is none, the conflict will pass. in the hands of FIFA.

“Gustavo Alfaro has taken the first step to have the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) pay him the amounts owed for his work at the head of the Ecuadorian national team. If there is no affirmative answer or solution, everything will end in a lawsuit in court,” the Argentine portal states. Double yellow.

“Faced with the lack of response and cooperation from the Federation and the entity’s president, Francisco Egas, since January 25 – despite repeated messages and frustrated attempts to reach an agreement – DT and his team had no choice but to resort to legal channels,” he added. is.

The note mentions Ariel Reck, as the lawyer in charge of processing the request of the former Ecuador coach.

“It was Ariel Reck, an Argentinian lawyer, specialist in sports law, who sent formal requests to the FEF for the payment of outstanding debts on behalf of Gustavo Alfaro and his coaching staff, thereby defaulting them,” the page states.

“The request includes all outstanding aspects with the Professor and his CT that have been going on for several months: arrears and proportional quotas, awards for goals owed (some of them since May 2022) and amounts corresponding to taxes from all payment obligations that was taken over by FEF, they were net,” he added.

Likewise, a version of Ecuafútbol is mentioned in which it is mentioned that the debt with the strategist would be 290,000 dollars.

“During the last day of January, as part of the FEF’s regular congress in Quito, Francisco Egas presented the FEF’s economic report. The document lists unfulfilled obligations both with Hernán Darío Gómez and the Argentinian coach, both former tricolor strategists,” the page states.

“Of course, the figures presented would not be the same as those claimed by the Lechuga relatives: that report officially speaks of $290,000, while Alfaro’s side assures that the amount of the debt is more than ten times higher,” he added.

Finally, the news showed that there is currently no response from the FEF, so the deadline has been extended for it to do so or the lawsuit will go to FIFA.

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“Until this presentation, there were no positive responses to the solution, despite the official termination of the link and subsequent non-renewal, and when the FEF is preparing to hire a new DT”, the portal emphasizes.

“The FEF has ten days to respond to this notification. If you do not respond or pay, the matter will already go to court level in FIFA,” the website concludes. (D)