Kaizer Chiefs to look elsewhere after Kegan Johannes snub? Image: FARPost
Kaizer Chiefs approach surprise former PSL coach
Kaizer Chiefs have reportedly reached out to a surprise candidate in their quest to fill their head coach vacancy for next season.
Kaizer Chiefs to look elsewhere after Kegan Johannes snub? Image: FARPost
Kaizer Chiefs are working hard in their quest to land a top quality new head coach.
Cavin Johnson is set to be relieved of his duties as Amakhosi head coach at the end of the season. This comes after a disappointing 2023/24 campaign.
Kaizer Chiefs failed to win any silverware, extending their trophy drought towards the decade mark.
According to the latest reports, the club have enquired about the availability of a rather surprising new candidate! Take a look at the details below.
Kaizer Chiefs make approach for former Leopards coach
Experienced Belgian mentor Patrick Aussems is a new name on the “Amakhosi head coach” candidates list!
Aussems, who enjoyed a short stint at Black Leopards FC in 2020, has reportedly been approached by Kaizer Chiefs for their head coaching position.
According to Soccer Laduma, the club’s management are “in touch with him”. It remains to be seen whether the 59-year-old’s talks with the club will materialise into something concrete.
Aussems has previously coach African giants Simba SC and Al Hilal Omdurman. He was most recently the head coach of Kenyan giants AFC Leopards before leaving the club last year.
In other news, former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Ntokozo Sikhakhane has urged the club to release one of their struggling midfielders.
Sikhakhane, a midfielder who wore the Amakhosi jersey between 2005 and 2007, believes Siyethemba Sithebe should return to his former club, AmaZulu.
Sithebe joined the Glamour Boys at the beginning of last season; however, he’s struggled to get going at the mighty Amakhosi.
With a cloud of uncertainty hovering over his Kaizer Chiefs career, Sikhakhane believes Sithebe simply isn’t good enough for the Glamour Boys.
Chiefs urged to release Sithebe
“They can release him. In games that he has played for Kaizer Chiefs, there’s nothing special he has done,” Sikhakhane told FARPost.
“And I still believe that he’s not the top midfielder; he’s just a player. But because Chiefs, they just sign any player. Once you shine at Santos, they bring you in; once you shine at AmaZulu, they bring you.
“They don’t look at whether you’re going to fit in their style or in their structure. So, for Sithebe, he hasn’t been playing for two years, and he can’t prove himself in the last ten games. What was he doing all along? I think he’d do well at AmaZulu. I’d advise him to go back.”
Final three Kaizer Chiefs fixtures revealed
The Glamour Boys are next in action on 12 May when they face AmaZulu FC away from home.
A week later, Chiefs host Polokwane City before travelling to the Mother City to face Cape Town Spurs on 25 May.
