Taoussi denies exit reports

Moroccan coach Rachid Taoussi Cairo - Said Ali Moroccan football coach, Rachid Taoussi, has rubbished reports that he is considering his future as manager of the national team, following a rift with the football association. Speaking at a press conference in Cairo on Monday, Taoussi said: "I don't care about the papers and what they have written about my departure form this position. "I have a contract which runs until 2014 and I intend to honour that," he added. Taoussi denied that he had problems with his back room staff, especially assistants Walid Regragui and Rashid Bin Mahmoud, adding that such rumours threatened to destabilise the team. Newspapers in Morocco reported that Taoussi's future was in doubt, with sources indicating that the Moroccan Football Federation had enquired about the availability of French team Olympic Marseille Elie Baup.