Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic has resigned ahead of their Europa League second leg clash with Tottenham after having a near-five year prison sentence confirmed by Croatia’s Supreme Court on Monday.
Mamic stepped down immediately as Dinamo coach following the confirmation of the sentence, Dinamo said in a statement on the club’s website.
“Although I don’t feel guilty, I resign as I said before I would do if the sentence was confirmed. I wish all the good luck to the club,” the statement quoted Mamic as saying.
Mamic’s brother Zdravko, Dinamo’s former executive director who is at large in neighbouring Bosnia, also had his sentence confirmed by the court as did former tax official Milan Pernar and former Dinamo director Damir Vrbanovic.
“The Supreme Court has confirmed the Osijek Municipal Court’s verdict sentencing Zdravko Mamic to six and a half years of imprisonment for the embezzlement of 116 million kuna (£13.13m) from Dinamo football club,” said the statement published by HRT.
“Zoran Mamic’s sentence has been reduced to four years and eight months from four years and 11 months, while Milan Pernar had his sentence reduced to three years and two months from four years and two months.”
The court also confirmed the three-year prison sentence for former Dinamo director Damir Vrbanovic.
They had been charged with tax evasion worth 12.2 million Kuna (£1.37m) and for siphoning off 116 million kuna (£13.12m) from transfers of players from Dinamo.
(Sky Sports News)
