Coach Milutin ‘Micho' Sredojevich has left his post as the Ugandan national football team's head coach after failing to get his late financial dues. “Termination of the contract happened last night. I have not cheated, I have not stolen, but I have come here to clear the air,” Micho was quoted as saying by Ugandan magazine The Independent on Saturday. “It is not easy to be the coach of Uganda. My agent and I had seven days of talks with FUFA but all yielded nothing,” he added. The Serbian coach, who took charge of the team in May 2013, recently gave the Ugandan national football federation a final ultimatum to settle the $64,000 which he says he is owed in unpaid wages, but the two parties failed to reach a settlement after a meeting last Monday. The 47-year-old Micho helped end a 39-year drought for Uganda when it qualified for the African Cup of Nations earlier this year for the first time since 1978. They finished the Gabon finals bottom of their group with one point. He has been linked with a return for a second spell as coach of South African club Orlando Pirates. Micho's departure comes just one month ahead of the Cranes' anticipated confrontations against Egypt in 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Both teams will meet on 31 August in Uganda before meeting again in Egypt on 5 September. In a bid to make their first World Cup appearance since 1990, Egypt will be eyeing victories against second-placed Uganda, both home and away, as the Pharaohs are currently at the top of Group E. (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)
