Clement Arroga resigns as coach of Panthere amid tensions, unpaid salary

By Eyong Macdella

Journalist,kick442.com-Cameroon

Yves Clement Arroga has stepped down from his position as head coach of Elite one club Panthere Sportive of Nde, after a year plus at the helm.

The experience and former intermediate Lions and Dynamo of Douala tactician, cited misunderstandings, interference in his technical choices and management as primary reasons for his resignation, adding that three months of unpaid salaries (January-March 2026) and other bonuses are contributing factors.

In letter to the Club’s hierarchy dated March 31, Arroga stated

“𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝è𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙪 𝙉𝘿𝙀 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝è𝙧𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝘾𝘼, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝è𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙪 𝙉𝙙𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 (03) 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 2026, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨”

His resignation marks the end of a successful stay at the west region-based club, after arriving at a crucial moment when the club was slowly sinking and he helped revive the club and eventually finished vice champions same year of experiencing that crisis.

Under his leadership, Panthere not only finished second in the MTN Elite One championship but won the Cameroon Cup and just recently backed another trophy( Cameroon Super Cup) though off the pitch.

A historic 2024-2025 year, considered the best in the club’s history and as new coach his ambitions were clear: to raise this team among the best in Cameroon and, why not and bring back glory days.

However, Panthère Sportive of Nde have not had a fine run in the league this season.
They are currently ranked 10th in the Elite one championship, with just 12 points recorded from 11 games.