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Hearts of Oak head coach Samuel Boadu has been ordered to pay Gh¢30,000 to former employees Medeama Sporting Club for breach of contract.
According to reports, the Statutes Committee of the Ghana FA ruled on Monday that coach Boadu must pay GH₵ 30,000 to the Yellow and Mauves for the “unilateral” termination of his contract.
Medeama Sporting Club were initially seeking for “substantial damages” of about Gh¢ 320,000 for the arbitrary decision by the the coach including compensation.[ads2]
But in the ruling, the Statutes Committee has rejected the residual value claim by Medeama, insisting the coach must pay the club a Gh¢ 30,000 for breach of contract.
Coach Samuel Boadu resigned from Medeama SC as the head coach on February 25, 2021 before joining Hearts of Oak in just seven days afterwards.
The Tarkwa-based side said the decision by coaches Samuel Boadu and Hamza Obeng are “premature, hasty, arbitrary, unacceptable and above all abuse of office as an employee” and did not find it expedient and prudent to warn or complain to the club before taken the decisions.[ads3]
The club says the arbitral decisions have caused “irreparable harm” and has had a negative impact on the overall performance of the team.
Medeama also insist the “damage done physically and psychologically to the club” due to the sudden unplanned departure of the two coaches cannot be explained and are now seeking for a “residual value in damages”.
Boadu’s assistant Hamza Obeng also quit his role at the club on March 16 but joined his boss at Hearts of Oak eight days later.[ads4]
Boadu spent three years at Medeama before being joined by his assistant Hamza Obeng – who spent two years at the club.
Medeama are set for a legal showdown with the two coaches after reporting the duo to the Player Status Committee for breach of contracts.
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