The President of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA), Francis Amin has denied any interference in team selection.
His comments came after German-born Algerian Ahcene Ait Abdelmalek quit as head coach of South Sudan’s national football team, just seven months after his appointment. Abdelmalek resigned last week over what he claimed was meddling by SSFA officials.
"We always gave him the opportunity to select his team because that was why we employed him," Amin told BBC Sport.
"I think he failed to appreciate the challenges in South Sudan in-terms of infrastructure and limited finance."
"We demanded for a technical report after we lost to Mali in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and the coach failed to provide it."
He pointed out that assistant coach Ramzy Sabit will be in-charge of South Sudan's next two 2019 Nations Cup qualifiers against Gabon this month.
"We shall start planning on getting another foreign coach later in November because we need a coach who has the experience to help South Sudan football," he said.