Local reports mentioned yesterday that the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) has reached an agreement with their Scottish counterparts on releasing Vogts for $250,000 after the end of the tournament.
Scotland are interested in contracting the German coach to lead their team in the European Cup qualifiers and the reports said that a delegation of Scotland FA will arrive in Kuwait next month to finilise the deal. Vogts had signed a four-year contract with the KFA.
Meanwhile, Vogts said after his team's 0-1 defeat against Qatar on Saturday that Kuwait played a good first half but failed to finish the chances that came their way and played a bad second half that lead to their defeat.
"Generally, we played better than our last two matches especially in the first half," Vogts said.
But Sheikh Ahmed Al Yousuf, the Vice President of KFA, has a different point of view regarding the result of the match and his team's overall performances in the tournament. "We played our worst matches in history. The players should shoulder the responsibility for the poor displays and results. We will deal with that after the end of the tournament."
Regarding the substitution of Nuhair Al Shammary, a defender with Jamal Mubarak in the second half when their team was trailing, Al Yousuf said, "It was a strange substitution. We needed to strengthen the midfield and attack to level the score but the coach made a defensive change!"
Jasim Al Huwaidi, Kuwait's striker, said that the main reason of their bad performances was the poor preparations for the tournament.
"We had a two-week training camp in Germany followed by a week in Muscat. It was not enough for such a tough competition taking into consideration that we did not play any competitive matches since our exit from the first round of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup."
Abdulla Wabran, the captain of Kuwait, publicly criticised Vogts and asked for the return of Czech coach Milan Macalla, who coaches Al Nasr Club in Dubai at present.
"Vogts' tactics are difficult for us especially as the team consists of a number of young players who cannot adhere to the complicated system and hence their morale is low. He (the coach) thinks that we are professionals and plans for the matches accordingly."
"We want Macalla back. He made a formidable Kuwait team that was undefeatable and understands the psychology of the players better,"Wabran added.
Vogts, in a new diversion, blamed the food at the team's hotel as being one of the reasons for his team's poor displays. "All the teams have the same meals and they never change."
But the officials of the tournament in the players hotel replied that each team have a different menu according to the demands of their officials.
"We met with officials from each team in December and have their menu from them. The food is prepared according to the demands of each team and we never have any complaints," the Saudi official said.
All indications direct towards a pre-mature end of the coach's relationship with Kuwait football especially as reports from Scotland mention that the SFA is waiting for the end of the Gulf Cup to sign the deal with Vogts to lead their team in the European Cup in Portugal, 2004.
