Safa favour local coach for Bafana job
The South African Football Association’s technical committee is set to table a shortlist of candidates to coach Bafana Bafana.
Benni McCarthy, Coach of Cape Town City FC (l) in discussion with Gavin Hunt, Coach of Bidvest Wits (Chris Ricco/BackpagePix)
Coach Molefi Ntseki is in charge of Bafana Bafana on an interim basis while the football body interviews potential candidates.
According to the source, Safa is looking to appoint a South African coach as Stuart Baxter’s successor.
Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt, Golden Arrows mentor Steve Komphela and Cape Town City’s Benni McCarthy are the frontrunners for the national team job, and the technical committee is set to announce the new coach soon.
“The person who will be appointed as coach of Bafana Bafana will in all likelihood be a South African because they are looking for someone who has extensive knowledge of the South African playing style,” an insider was quoted by TimesLIVE.
“In the unlikely event that the coach is not a South African‚ he will have to embrace our philosophy.”
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