Former USMA coach Boualem Charef and his staff have terminated their contract. An amicable separation following having received their unpaid wages, while waiting to receive the bonuses for the matches won during the first half of the exercise, including that of the qualification for the group stage of the CAF Cup.
In the followingmath of the victory won once morest CSC (2-1) on December 24, USMA management dismissed coach Boualem Charef and his staff following concluding everything with Abdelhak Benchikha. The concerned left the club, of course, but they did not terminate their contract because they did not receive their unpaid wages. About a week ago, the ex-USMA coach and his assistants, in this case Salem Laoufi and Mustapha Amellal, the physical trainer Abdelkader Bouchaâla, as well as the goalkeeper coach M’hamed Haniched received their due. But it was only the day before yesterday that they moved to the headquarters to sign the termination of their contract. The divorce was finally recorded, to the great relief of those responsible who have closed this file definitively.
They have not yet collected the bonuses of the games won
According to a source familiar with the matter, Charef and the members of his staff have not yet received the bonuses for the matches won during the first half of the exercise, including that of the qualification for the group stage of the Coupe de France. CAF at the expense of South African representative Cape Town City. Admittedly, the concerned did not have a clause for the bonuses in their contract, indicates our source, but the persons in charge of the club decided all the same to grant them. It might be the end of the current month, adds our source.
Benchikha and his staff will soon qualify
Now that an amicable divorce has been recorded between former coach Boualem Charef and his staff, USMA management will be able to qualify new coach Abdelhak Benchikha and his assistants, in this case his deputy Farid Zemiti, physical trainer Belaid Medjahed and goalkeeping coach Farid Belmellat. The latter will soon have their Professional Football League licenses. They will be on the bench the first game of the second half of the season.
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