The Malta Football Association has expressed surprise at the judicial protest filed in court by former coaches John Buttigieg and Carmel Busuttil.

It said that since the coaches' job was terminated to the present day, a constructive dialogue had been going on and the two coaches sent the association an amended draft agreement in which they requested payment to be made by Tuesday.

The MFA hoped the issue would be resolved soon as it had always intended and that no one used the media for ulterior aims and unnecessarily.

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