Kaizer Chiefs desired to appoint Manqoba Mngqithi as their new head mentor at the start off of this year, but their options were being halted when Mamelodi Sundowns exercised an selection to lengthen their assistant mentor’s agreement by another year, the Mgosi Squad understands.
This is why Chiefs finished up marketing Molefi Ntseki from his placement as Head of Specialized and Youth Growth Academy, a shift which backfired badly – Ntseki was sacked in October.
Cavin Johnson has given that arrive in as interim head coach, but he has unsuccessful to rouse the sleeping huge, with Chiefs now established for a ninth consecutive year without the need of a Leading Soccer League trophy.
With Kaizer Motaung Jnr very last week confirming Amakhosi are wanting for a new head mentor in time for upcoming period, it continues to be to be observed if the Soweto giants with throw their hat back in the ring for Mngqithi, who has formerly been a head mentor at Golden Arrows, as properly as a co-head mentor with Rulani Mokwena at Sundowns.
Joyful at Sundowns
The Mgosi Squad understands that Mngqithi and Chiefs had agreed on terms ahead of Sundowns stepped in, but does the Masandawana person nonetheless want the transfer a yr later?
Mngqithi’s agent Mike Makaab has previously stated that his shopper is negotiating a new offer with Sundowns, and is pleased at Masandawana.
“Manqoba is happy at the club, we have explained this all along. Now it just depends on us coming to an arrangement with the soccer club to lengthen his deal,” he instructed Gagasi FM only last month.