Chiefs rumours strain relationship between Eymael and Komphela
Free State Stars coach Luc Eymael says reports linking him to the Kaizer Chiefs coaching job has created a rift between him and Steve Komphela.
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Eymael told reporters that his relationship with Komphela broke down after the rumours that he would be coaching Chiefs next season surfaced.
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“Before the rumours surfaced, we were talking [to each other] as coaches, but now we are no longer talking to each other.
“These rumours have created rivalry between [the] Chiefs coach and myself. I didn’t do anything wrong but perhaps he thinks I did something wrong,” Eymael said at a press briefing.
“I cannot avoid people to gossip and I also cannot tell the journalists what to write. Until now, I haven’t been contacted by either Chiefs or SuperSport United, but in the last few months I was called by maybe four PSL clubs and I said ‘no’.”
Chiefs and Ea Lla Koto are set to lock horns in a Nedbank Cup semifinal tie at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday at 8.15pm.
“He [Komphela] is not playing, his career is finished in a matter of being a soccer player. And mine is finished since again [I’ve retired] for a longer time than him,” he said.
“So we are not playing you know. It’s the two teams that are playing, it’s not Eymael against Komphela or Komphela against Eymael. It’s simply Kaizer Chiefs against Free State Stars.”
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