German coach Otto Pfister has resigned from his post as Togo manager only three days before the team's opening game in the World Cup against South Korea. The 68-year-old tactician was appointed to guide Togo in their World Cup debut after former coach Stephen Keshi was sacked following the team's poor performance in the 2006 African Cup of Nations (ACN) in Egypt. "When I started to be manager of Togo, I was promised that the bonuses of the players would be cleared," Pfister told FIFA's official website on Saturday. "That is still not the case so I decided to quit immediately, it's a professional decision," Pfister added. Togolese Prime Minister Edem Kodjo said that he will personally fly to Germany to attempt to solve the issue that has the hindered team's World Cup preparations for the past two weeks, however Pfister insisted that he wasn't going to retract from his decision. "I'm not going back, my life's dream to coach in the World Cup has been destroyed but this is a situation I simply cannot work with,” Pfister insisted. Pfister's former assistant Kodjovi Mawuena will take over the team in their World Cup opening clash against South Korea on June 13th.
