Football
Associated Press 9y

Russia fail to pay coach Fabio Capello by end of year

MOSCOW -- Russian soccer authorities failed to meet their goal of paying national team coach Fabio Capello by the end of the year.

Capello has not received any of his reported $11 million annual salary since June amid financial problems at the Russian Football Union.

The organization's president, Nikolai Tolstykh, said on Monday he planned to resolve the matter by the end of 2014. He told local media on Wednesday that was now impossible.

With Russia gearing up for almost two weeks of public holidays, Tolstykh says it has been hard to find funding sources to pay the veteran Italian coach.

He told the R-Sport agency that unpaid wages are "not a topic for the New Year holidays." He adds that talks will resume Jan. 12.

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