Despite the mounting pressure from the staunch Kaizer Chiefs fans to fire current coaches and replace with immediate effect, Glamour Boys Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jr refused to comment on the issue of former Bafana Bafana coach Pitso “Jingles” Mosimane and Kenya national coach Benni McCarthy about them being available to coach the team.
Motaung Jr flatly refused to comment if the Chiefs will be able to push for signing either Mosimane or McCarthy to save the sinking ship.
Kaizer Chiefs is currently being coached by Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef.
During his interview with Robert Marawa on Marawa Sports Worldwide, Motaung Jr said it was improper for him to comment about Mosmane and McCarthy since they already have two coaches at the club.
“You’re mentioning two top individuals who’ve achieved tremendous things in their careers. It would be unfair of me to sit here and talk about coaches when we have coaches within the team. We have our immediate mandate and responsibility to restore the pride and the hurt that’s been happening to the nation and to the team.
Motaung went on to say: “I can’t sit here and talk about individuals. It’s not professional. I don’t think it’s the right thing to do. I have a lot of respect for both of those gentlemen; they’ve achieved a lot through their playing days and as coaches. It’s always an honour to be associated with people like that.”
When asked if there will any big name coach at the club, Motaung Jr avoided the question again.
“Chiefs is a big team. We want the best coaches. The most experienced, the highest quality. That’s exactly what we want. That’s the direction we see ourselves. When we sat down and presented our 2030 plan.
“The continent is very important to us. So in terms of our strategy, continental football is a must. So we want to be on that stage. We want the calibre of players, personnel, analysts, and coaches who can take us to that stage. We want to associate ourselves with the best of the best,” he said.
Motaung Jr made it clear that Kaze and Youssef will run the bench of Kaizer Chiefs until the end of the season when he was cornered about their future in the club.
Kaizer Motaung Jr further revealed why Kaze wears an earpiece
“At the moment in time you’ve got Cedric who is connected to our analysis team,” he told Marawa.
“We have our analysis team who sit up top, and they’re busy with the live data, the coding, and they communicate what they see from an analysis perspective down to the bench and down to the technical team.”