Manchester United director for Macoya workshop

Manchester United Football Club  Director Maurice Watkins will be one of the instructors at a four-day Concacaf workshop for senior administrators next month.

Watkins will be accompanied by Graham Noakes, the English FA Director of Football Administra-tion and Mark Ives, Head of Planning and Training for the June 10-13 workshop at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macoya. The workshop will focus on developing organisational structures, contracts and transfers and building relationship with key stakeholders. Concacaf Direc-tor of Development Richard Braithwaite was delighted to announce Watkins’ visit. “It’s the first time we will be having someone from the champion club of England coming to one of our workshops.

 He is one of the leading experts in Europe in terms of the legal matters in football,” said Braithwaite, who mentioned that there was an urgent need for improvements in this area within Concacaf. “What we keep trying to do all the time within the technical department is provide training courses that are relevant and are specific issues within the Caribbean and the wider Concacaf region. “One of the issues causing some concern has been the whole question of contracts and transfers from clubs here to outside of the region. The whole legal area has been a major concern and we felt it was important to get an expert in the field to come and talk to senior administrators here about some of the methods for resolving issues. “This workshop will also allow them to discuss the new transfer regulations,” added Braithwaite.

Meanwhile, Dr Zdnek Sivek, vice president of the Union of European Football Coaches and a senior UEFA technical instructor, has confirmed his participation in the May 16-17 Concacaf seminar entitled “Tactics and Systems of Play.”