With the dust settled since former coach Clinton Larsen tendered his resignation at Magesi, KickOff has established what allegedly caused the conflict.
Even though it was generally accepted that Larsen resigned at Dikwena with the results no longer going his way, this website has it on good authority that there was more to the former Bloemfontein Celtic coach quitting than meets the eye.
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In what was already premeditated, the 53-year-old mentor announced he will no longer be the coach at the Limpopo side in a live TV post-match interview after a 3-0 defeat to All Stars XI in the Carling Black Label Cup final.
After this publication exclusively revealed that the reason why Magesi squad could not maintain the same mood and mentality following their Carling Knockout triumph, was the disappointment over being paid a pittance as a bonus for winning the cup that came with a cheque of R6.85 million.
KickOff has also established that the same issue affected Larsen, although he had a bonus clause stipulated on his contract and it was the last straw for him to resign, after difficult working conditions with the management.
Sources at the Limpopo side have revealed to this website that the soft-spoken coach decided to quit after the Carling Knockout champions were allegedly not prepared to give him the exact bonus fee agreed in his contract for winning a trophy.
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Even though that was not the only issue, Larsen allegedly had enough after the he had previous runs-ins with the club, where among other things, they could not sign the players he wanted, this website has been reliably informed.
"Look, there were already issues between the coach and the management before the Carling Knockout final but he kept his professionalism, under a tough working environment," a reliable source told KickOff.
"The thing is, once bonus monies were discussed after the final, everything got worse. Larsen in his contract has a certain percentage that he has to get if the club wins a trophy and he got the sense that the club was not prepared to give him that, after what happened with the players.
"The issue could even go to the courts, because the bonus percentage is clearly stipulated in the coach's contract," the source revealed.
"From those disagreements, Larsen already made up his mind to move on and fight the bonus issue from the outside (through lawyers), because he had also requested players, about ten on the list, but the club were not prepared to get even one of the players he requested," the insider added.