Strong indications have emerged that the outgone Super Eagles’ gaffer, Stephen Keshi, will be named as the new coach of Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
South Africa Football Association President, Danny Jordaan, dropped a major hint that Bafana Bafana’s new head coach will not be a locally-based coach.
Jordaan said that SAFA would “engage” with the new coach, before making the much-anticipated announcement at their headquarters in Nasrec, Soweto on Saturday, where the coach would be asked to be present.
“After finalising everything, we then ask him to come to South Africa, so that he is present when we make the announcement on Saturday,” Jordaan was quoted as saying.
Earlier this week, current South Africa under-20 and under-23 mentor, Shakes Mashaba, said he was available for the vacant Bafana post, adding a new twist to the ongoing search for a new coach.
Should Mashaba be unveiled on Saturday, he would become the second consecutive South African coach to be handed the reins, after Gordon Igesund.
But Jordaan’s latest comments could quash any chance of a local coach taking over from Igesund, whose contract comes to an end at the end of August and will not be renewed.
Mozambique-born Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz, who should have joined Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi as joint-favourites for the position, has signed a fresh contract with Iran, while Dutchman Frank Rjikaard remains an outside potential.
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