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Fuad Musayev not believes Fuad Esedov resigns for health problem

13 June 2007 16:23 (UTC +04:00)

â€œI donâ€™t believe Fuad Esedov has resigned from the post of AFFA secretary general for health problemâ€, former AFFA president Fuad Musayev told APA-Sport.
Musayev said Esedov faced pressure.
â€œThey bothered Esedov and he had to resign. He probably had some disagreement with the leadershipâ€, he said.
Esedov worked as vice-president in 2000-2003 when Musayev was AFFA president. Former AFFA vice-president Togrul Hadjiyev also thinks health problem is an excuse.
â€œEsedov suffered diabetes when we worked together. It is common for officials to justify health problem for resignationâ€, he said.
Hadjiyev thinks Esedov has resigned in order to shirk responsibility if Azerbaijan suffers failure in Euro qualifying matches against Armenia in September.
â€œI donâ€™t want Esedov to resign because, as AFFA vise-president Rauf Aliyev said, the federation has wasted a great amount of money. Esedov is also engaged in here. He decided to escape before the match against Armeniaâ€, he said.
Former AFFA secretary general Chingiz Ismayilov stressed that health problem is not serious reason for resignation.
â€œEsedov does have health problem but he looks much better than he did five years ago. I think there is some other reason hereâ€, he said.
Ismayilov stated that Esedov was the only one among AFFA leadership-in-office who has knowledge of football. He noted that the reason of the resonation is pressure.
â€œEsedov might have been demanded to resign. He took the step because he knows that it is impossible to develop football in 5 or 10 years. AFFA reminds an office. Not a federation. They make a decision one day and change it the other. The one who gets up earlier becomes president in AFFAâ€, he underscored. /APA-Sport/