Kaizer Chiefs replace Manchester City man as coaching favourite
Kaizer Chiefs replace Manchester City man as coaching favourite
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.
A run which saw Chiefs winning three of their last four games of 2024, saw Johnson in with a shout. But now according to the latest, the club are back looking at other candidates. There have been the likes of Pitso Mosimane and Manqoba Mngqithi in a local sense. Internationally, Jose Peseiro, Vanderlei Luxembergo , Raul Caneda Perez and Nasreddine Nabi.
Vitoria new coaching favourite for Chiefs
There have also been outsiders offering themselves to Chiefs, like former Orlando Pirates coach Roger de Sa. This publication also reported a new name has been added to the list in former Benfica and Egypt coach Rui Vitoria.
Chiefs are pressing ahead with Vitoria as their new preferred candidate, this publication recently reported. In doing so, he has seemingly replaced last week’s favourite in Raul Caneda!
Soccer-Laduma sources have since revealed why Chiefs now prefer Vitoria over Caneda.
Replacing Caneda?
“Rui (Vitoria) was with Egypt at the Afcon in Ivory Coast earlier this year while Raul (Caneda) has been out of coaching for sometime now and the team (Chiefs) is looking at someone who has been active in recent times and he is fresh in the game and that’s why they are looking at Vitoria as the one overtaking Caneda right now,” said the source.
Caneda has been out of permanent work for some time now, but is still active when called up. This as a Manchester City regional scout.