FUAD MUSAYEV NOT BELIEVES FUAD ESEDOV RESIGNS FOR HEALTH PROBLEM

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 13 2007

"I don’t believe Fuad Esedov has resigned from the post of AFFA
secretary general for health problem", former AFFA president Fuad
Musayev told APA-Sport.

Musayev said Esedov faced pressure.

"They bothered Esedov and he had to resign. He probably had some
disagreement with the leadership", 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.

"Esedov suffered diabetes when we worked together. It is common for
officials to justify health problem for resignation", he said.

Hadjiyev thinks Esedov has resigned in order to shirk responsibility
if Azerbaijan suffers failure in Euro qualifying matches against
Armenia in September.

"I don’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 Armenia", he said.

Former AFFA secretary general Chingiz Ismayilov stressed that health
problem is not serious reason for resignation.

"Esedov does have health problem but he looks much better than he
did five years ago. I think there is some other reason here", 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.

"Esedov 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 AFFA", he underscored.