Kaizer Chiefs Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter. Image: @alfavina / Twitter

Stuart Baxter reveals: I’ve had job offers that I’m contemplating!

Former Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has revealed that he still feels well-equipped to take on a new job in South Africa.

Kaizer Chiefs Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter. Image: @alfavina / Twitter

Back in April it was dramatically confirmed that Stuart Baxter – who was in his second stint with Kaizer Chiefs – had been officially shown the door by Amakhosi.

Kaizer Chiefs embarrassingly crashed out of the Nedbank Cup earlier this season, while they had underperformed in the DStv Premiership to be left stranded in fifth position when Baxter was let go.

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In an exclusive interview with SABC Sport, Baxter subsequently stated that he actually felt the team could have rebounded to finish as runners-up spot in the Premiership.

One of the saddest scenes from the past season involved seeing fans shouting abuse at Baxter and calling for him to be fired, which came just before he was officially let go.

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It all stood in stark contrast to his first stint with the team between 2012 and 2015, which included four trophies and two league titles.

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In the latest issue of iDiski Times, Baxter admits it may have been a mistake going back to Chiefs, but insists he has not given up on the prospects of finding a new coaching gig in South Africa.

“I’ve had certain approaches that I’ve contemplated,” he told iDiski Times (you can read the full interview here). 

“You try and think ‘well, is it better for me to get back straight into work or should I chill for a while and make sure I’m not making a bad decision.’ 

“But then you do that and in three or four months’ time, you don’t have an offer. So then you’re left sort of wishing that you’d taken the one a couple of months back…

“As long as I have the passion to want to withstand those arrows and bullets that get fired at you if you fail on the field, then I want to do it. Because I want to do that as long as I can,” he added.

“What I don’t want it to be is an untimely decision, Arsene (Wenger) warned me about being stubborn as he’d reflected on that many times at Arsenal. 

“I said, ‘I will look at myself, I will say, is there genuinely the passion there to keep on going?’ Because if there is, I’m fit, I’m alert and there is no reason (for me to quit). 

“I mean, I understand the modern game. I’m not locked into a 4-4-2 from 15, 20 years ago, and I can adapt. I’ve gone with the game and the developments that are happening in the game, I’m well addressed in that. 

“I’m still well equipped to remain in South Africa. After my experience with Chiefs, it would have to be a project that I thought that I could get my teeth into, that I understand.”

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