Kaizer Chiefs’ failed attempts to sign a new coach leaked online
A SAFA official has supposedly leaked details of Kaizer Chiefs’ many failed attempts to sign a new permanent coach.
Kaizer Chiefs are believed to be pressing ahead with plans to secure the services of a new coach next season.
Arthur Zwane was in-charge at Chiefs last season, before being replaced by Molefi Ntseki ahead of the current campaign.
To the majority of the Chiefs fan base, Ntseki was already an unpopular appointment, with no positive track record. Prior to taking over the first team reigns, he had never coached a senior professional side. He did, however, coach Bafana Bafana after Stuart Baxter, before being fired for failing to qualify for AFCON 2021. The duo reunited as part of a new structure at Amakhosi, which put him in charge of football development.
Ntseki did not last long as Chiefs coach, however, being sacked before even the halfway mark of the season. This came after an unconvincing start to the campaign which also saw them knocked out of two cups. After being relieved of his duties, the club appointed Johnson to take over on an interim basis. Coincidently, Cavin Johnson also came into the club in a developmental role, before being asked to steady the senior ship.
But before the mess that has transpired this season, Chiefs had a public pursuit of Nasreddine Nabi. They’re failure to secure his signature was well documented. It seems, however, he was not their only failed attempt to replace Zwane.
According to Bafana Bafana team manager Vincent Tseka, Chiefs failed to close a deal with Botswana coach Didier Gomez Da Rosa.
KAIZER CHIEFS FAILED WITH BOTH NABI AND DA ROSA?
“The Current Botswana (zebras)head coach Didier Gomez Da Rosa was close to signing for Kaizer Chiefs, and they met somewhere in Sandton, but the deal fell through. Let hope the club will not regret it.” Tseka bizarrely twitted, seemingly out of nowhere.
With Chiefs finding themselves in the same hunt for a coach, it seems unlikely Da Rosa has made the list again.