Former Marumo Gallants coach Sebastien Migne has explained why he has decided to take up his latest job in a country going through ‘madness’.
Migne has taken over as the new head coach of the Haiti national team after the expiry of his contract as Cameroon assistant coach.
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Haiti – the most populous Caribbean country – is going through political disorder with gangs dominating, which has forced Ariel Henry to resign as prime minister.
"I’m happy that I will discover a new continent with a possibility of qualifying for the next World Cup," Migne tells KickOff about his new job.
"I have already started to work.
"But at the moment, I'm not in the country because of the difficult situation," he says.
Haiti have only ever been to the World Cup once, which was in 1974, and were CONCACAF Gold Cup winners in 1973 and reached the semi-finals as recently as five years ago.
They were invited to play at the 2016 Copa America but performed dismally.
Les Grenadiers – as the Haiti national team is known – have twice been Caribbean Cup winners but are ranked 90th on the latest FIFA rankings.
Asked about his case against Marumo Gallants, for which he had taken the legal route on grounds of unfair dismissal, Migne said:
"I have let it fall. I only want to think about the future now.
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"I can just see their level and ranking now," he states.
Migne was at the helm ofGallants at the start of the 2021/22 season but was sacked after three months in controversial circumstances, before going to the 2022 World Cup with Cameroon.
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