The President of the Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi has edged the local media to be circumspect in the on-going investigations in France, involving Black Stars coach, Claude Le Roy.

Kwesi Nyantakyi, in his recent write-up says Mr. Le Roy should not be pronounced guilty since the investigative process is still on going.

“I do not possess the full facts of the case except those mentioned to me by Mr Le Roy.

“In accordance with the principle that the benefit of the doubt should always be resolved in favour of the accused person Mr. Le Roy should be presumed innocent until otherwise proven guilty.”

The FA president has however says he has heard the Claude Le Roy’s side of the story.

“Mr. Le Roy has told me that he only got to know of the charges against him on 26th September 2006, 17 charges were initially preferred against him ranging from abuses, forgeries and illegal transfers.

“After a preliminary investigation, the presiding judge dismissed 16 of the 17 charges against him.”

According to Kwesi Nyantakyi, everyone would have to await the outcome of the case before passing judgment.

“He has since denied the charge and invited the presiding judge to cross check with the player who lives in Denmark and the agent who issued the receipt who also lives in Switzerland.

“Since the two key witnesses in the case are still alive the truth can be ascertained with little or no difficulty.

“At the moment it is only fair and reasonable for all of us to “wait and see” the outcome of the investigations,” he wrote in his column.

Meanwhile, the FA president denied media reports that the Black Stars earned US$350,000 from the international friendly against Japan on October 4, played in Yokohama.

Kwesi Nyantakyi says the Ghana Football Association earned US$200,000 from the Japan match and US$150,000 from the South Korea match four days later.


-Click on the link below to read the full text of the FA president’s write up.

http://www.ghanafa.org/blogs/president/default.asp