Former National football technical director Rene Simoes in reflecting on the road to a historic world cup qualification in France 1998 says the lack of funding almost forced him to return to Brazil one year after he arrived in Jamaica.
Simoes says he went to authorities in the highest office in the land for money to take a 28 member squad to Brazil for a month-long training camp but was refused the funding.
However, he said two business entities, in particular, came on board to start a project which he said was the moment the campaign was saved, and that project was the adopt a player programme.
Former National technical director Rene Simoes
