Holland’s Rob Baan unlikely to renew contract with AIFF

Unhappy with the lackadaisical attitude of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), technical director Robert Baan is unlikely to renew his contract which ends in October. The 69-year-old Dutchman, who was critical of Indian players aimlessly trying their luck overseas, is upset that his ambitious 125-page master plan ‘Lakshya’ hasn’t been implemented by the AIFF since it was launched last August.

A top AIFF official said that Baan, who has also been a technical director with Australia, is upset with the working of the federation and is unlikely to extend his stay in India when his two-year-contract contract comes up for renewal in October.

‘For the last two years Baan’s role has been reduced to just writing a master plan for the AIFF. And then when it was released the AIFF felt it was too expensive to be implemented. He is extremely unhappy since there is no opportunity for him to work in India and is unlikely to extend his contract with the AIFF,’ the official said on the condition of anonymity.