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Jacques Crevoisier contract terminated

Jacques Crevoisier has had his three-year deal to become a part-time technical consultant for the Bermuda Football Association terminated, The Royal Gazette can reveal.

Earlier this week at a –special congress meeting the affiliates approved the BFA executive's decision to –pull out of the Crevosier –contract which would have seen him travel to the Island ten days twice a-year, –pocketing $120,000 per –annum.

Crevoisier, a former top UEFA and FIFA adviser, signed the lucrative contract just hours before Richard Calderon stepped down as BFA president midway through his four-year term.

His successor, Larry Mussenden, disapproved of the controversial final act of Calderon's reign and criticised the appointment of Crevoisier at the BFA's presidential election in September.

"When you have stated your intention to leave you should really maintain the status quo," he said at the time.

"You should perhaps not enter into a pile of contracts which bind the next association.

"We have set aside money for a full time technical staff and that's the position I'm likely to take when we decide the best way forward. A technical consultant does not appeal to me."

Mussenden's misgivings were shared by a number of the affiliates who demanded Creviosier's appointment to be reviewed by the new president and his executive team.

It is understood the BFA executive made their decision to terminate the Frenchman's contract more than three weeks ago and will be contacting him over the next few days to inform him that his services are no longer required.

A well respected sports psychologist, Crevoisier, had been due to replace BFA technical director Derek Broadley whose three-year contract expires in March 2011.

During recent years Crevoisier has visited the Island on several occasions to perform coaching clinics on behalf of the BFA and the Bermuda Football Foundation (BFF), which was setup by Richard Calderon and his twin brother Robert Calderon.

The 62-year-old Crevoisier currently acts as a –psychologist for Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and worked for two years at Tottenham's academy under their former sporting director Damian Comolli, who was recently appointed as director of football strategy at Liverpool.