SAFA president Danny Jordaan

The Ghana Football Association’s General Secretary Lawyer Prosper Harrison Addo has hit out at SAFA after FIFA rejected their appeal. Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Bafana Bafana latest: Time confirmed for announcement of new coach

Bafana Bafana will have a new man in charge by Saturday afternoon after SAFA confirmed it had concluded a deal with the incoming coach.

SAFA president Danny Jordaan

The Ghana Football Association’s General Secretary Lawyer Prosper Harrison Addo has hit out at SAFA after FIFA rejected their appeal. Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Bafana Bafana will have a new man in charge by the mid-afternoon on Saturday, 24 April after the South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed it had concluded a deal with the incoming national team coach.

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Bafana Bafana are currently coach-less after the sacking of Molefi Ntseki last month following the team’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Cameroon early next year.

SAFA spokesperson Dominic Chimhavi has confirmed to the Kickoff website that the new coach will be unveiled on Saturday after a deal was concluded.

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“The process has been completed. SAFA will announce the new coach for Bafana Bafana tomorrow at 14:00.” 

He refused, however, to divulge whether the new coach is local or foreign.

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“I am not in a position to reveal that [if the coach is South African or foreign] because even myself, at this stage, I don’t know the name of the coach to be announced tomorrow,” he claimed.

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There is however a 99.9% chance that the identity of the new coach is in fact none other than Carlos Queiroz.

The 68-year-old Portuguese mentor is set for a second – and hopefully more successful – stint at the helm of the national side.

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The South African website first reported Queiroz would be named as Ntseki’s successor nearly 3 weeks ago already.

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