New Delhi: As reported by Goal.com few days back, the All India Football Federation and Bob Houghton were mulling over the possibility of a barter trade wherein the former would drop all the racism allegations if the latter would submit his resignation with immediate effect.
In a meeting held at the AIFF office on Saturday afternoon the two parties finally came to a mutual understanding and decided to part ways.
Houghton has been show caused by the AIFF for several reasons, primary amongst which is the racism indictment after fourth referee Dinesh Nair complained of the coach referring him as a "B****** Indian referee" back in October last year when India faced Yemen in Pune.
In his reply to the notice, Houghton had refuted the allegations made and his lawyer even went to the extent of branding them "frivolous."
While the allegations could in no ways be proved true in the absence of video and audio recordings, it served as perfect plot for the AIFF to see the back of Houghton who didn't want his resume to be stained.
The Technical Committee of the Indian FA also wasn’t too pleased with the performance of the Indian national team at the 2011 Asian Cup given the amount of expenditure incurred and didn’t take the Englisman’s comments on poor infrastructure in the 146th ranked nation congenially.
It must also be noted that AIFF had offered Houghton a fresh contract less than a year back until 2013 and with an improved pay packet.
