Moscow July 15 (IANS) The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has settled the terms of exit of their head coach Jorge Sampaoli following the national team s disappointing performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The AFA will pay Sampaoli $2 million for early termination of his duties instead of the $20 million indicated in his contract which was initially valid until 2020 Sputnik news agency quoted daily sports newspaper Ole as reporting on Sunday.
The 58-year-old specialist took charge of the South American giants in May 2017 with the two-time champions struggling to qualify for the World Cup.
After an underwhelming qualification campaign Argentina managed to set off to Russia where the team scraped into the knockout stage with a 2-1 win over Nigeria only to be sent home after losing 3-4 to France.
In June the media reported that the Argentina players unanimously voted for Sampaoli to be sacked as the team s head coach after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Iceland and thrashed 0-3 by Croatia in their opening World Cup games.

--IANS ajb/sed