Pitso Mosimane

Former Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane believes that the Reds were the strongest team this year in the CAF Champions League.
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Pitso Mosimane lays out two-year plan in Saudi Arabia

Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed what his mandate is after joining Al Ahli Saudi FC as their new head coach.

Pitso Mosimane

Former Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane believes that the Reds were the strongest team this year in the CAF Champions League.
Photo: Backpagepix

Pitso Mosimane has revealed what his mandate is after joining Al Ahli Saudi FC as their new head coach.

Mosimane has been given two years to turn the club into champions and has brought along a technical team loaded with familiar faces.

Pitso Mosimane gets two-year mission

It is unclear at this stage if Mosimane will use his contacts in the PSL to recruit players.

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Pitso Mosimane
Pitso Mosimane before his shock departure out of Al Ahly. Image: @FARPost / Twitter

“MT Sports received numerous offers from clubs and national teams from around the world for our services. We decided to take a project that is interesting and very challenging. A project that will see us turn a football team into champions,” said Mosimane.

“We have a mandate of two years of turning this team around. And we’ve been tasked [by] this big club to take them back to the Pro League, which is the the Premier League in Saudi. That’s our mandate in the first year of course.

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“It is a big and challenging task for us to be honest but we are ready and we are excited to be going to Saudi Arabia.

“We need to be aware that Al-Ahli is amongst the top four teams in the kingdom of Saudi. It is a big club. It has a long history of winning titles. It has a track record to be able to achieve the best results and awake the sleeping giant. 

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“Changing the game for good is my personal motto, and [it] will carry me to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

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