ROBERT Williamson easily passes for an easy person.
He cracks jokes and also doesn’t stand out with the arrogance of his German predecessor Laszlo Csaba.
But lurking beneath this façade of softness could be a man.
That is at least, going by Williamson’s refusal to divulge details of his contract with local soccer governing body FUFA.
While FUFA simply described the contract as performance based, the Scot was even more guarded in an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News writer Barry Anderson this week.
“I’m not going to add to the speculation, my contract situation with FUFA is private and also confidential,” Williamson said.
“I could be out after the Benin game or I could stay, who knows? I signed my contract in private and the details of it shouldn’t be in the public domain.”
Williamson’s team faces Benin in a must-win Nations Cup game at Namboole today.
The tactician’s guard was still up when asked whether like Csaba, he also had a strained relationship with FUFA that is headed by Lawrence Mulindwa.
“I’m certainly not going to be talking about my employers like that,” explained Williamson. “I’ve got a lot of respect for them and I won’t be criticizing FUFA publicly or privately.
“That goes for football players as well, I’ve never done it and I’m not going to start now.
“I’ve never said a bad word about clubs I’ve left either, whether I liked the directors or not. It’s just not my style.”
Williamson however couldn’t hide his disappointment with the facilities.
“The facilities are poor, the surfaces are very bad. Many club teams play in various stadia and train there too, so the surfaces take a pounding.”
He however noted that there are advantages to the poor grounds. “It helps the players with their touch when they do play on better surfaces.”
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