As we reported in a previous article, recently, the COO of GAM Esports – Mr. Nguyen Khanh Hiep, unexpectedly took to public criticism of former coach Tinikun regarding the incident of posting a message between Kiaya and this former coach on Facebook, accusing GAM of owing Kiaya’s prize money.
In the article, Izumin implied that the purpose of the aforementioned post was to undermine GAM internally to disadvantage the team before the match against Saigon Buffalo – the team sponsored by Tinikun’s We Scan.
Immediately after Izumin’s post was published, Tinikun almost instantly responded. The post shared on this former coach’s personal Facebook just moments ago is considered almost a “revelation” against GAM.
The former coach asserted that his statement was simply due to witnessing Kiaya not being paid on time. He had to use his own money to compensate Kiaya for this amount, as Tinikun was the one who committed to the contract with Kiaya while still at GAM.
Furthermore, this former coach even “exposed” that GAM representatives had an attitude of “let it go, why pay him”, implying an intention not to want to pay Kiaya this amount.
In addition, a number of other names from GAM were also revealed by Coach Tinikun to be owed salaries by this team. This includes both those still wearing GAM jerseys like Slay, and those who have left such as Coach Yuna, who is owed 40 million VND, and Palette.
Before Kiaya, Tinikun also mentioned that Zeros was owed salary by GAM during the time this player returned to GAM at the end of the spring tournament.
Recently, Tinikun even revealed another “victim”, specifically naming Director Izumin as the person who “promised and then deceived” Dia1. During the summer transfer window, Tinikun hinted that Dia1 really wanted to leave GAM Esports, but in the end, this player stayed with the reigning runner-up team at the summer tournament.
In Izumin’s article, this Director did not provide any rebuttal regarding whether GAM actually owes Kiaya’s prize money or not, but only affirmed that this player still aims to wear GAM’s jersey until retirement. In light of Tinikun’s latest revelations about a series of players and the coaches owed salaries by this team, GAM has yet to provide any specific response.