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Kaizer Chiefs latest | Stuart Baxter a breath of fresh air – Willard Katsande

Stuart Baxter is a mastermind, a great coach and a breath of fresh air to the Kaizer Chiefs squad, and that’s according to Willard Katsande.

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Stuart Baxter is a mastermind, a great coach and a breath of fresh air to the Kaizer Chiefs squad, and that’s according to Willard Katsande.

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Baxter completed his sensational return to Naturena two weeks ago, replacing Gavin Hunt who lasted eight months as Chiefs coach.

And Katsande has welcomed the return of the 67-year-old mentor, saying Baxter knows all the players in the current Chiefs squad as he was working for Bafana Bafana two years ago.

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Katsande said Baxter is also working well with the rest of the technical team he found at Chiefs.

But most importantly, Katsande said Baxter had a big influence in Amakhosi’s 1-0 win over Wydad Casablanca despite arriving a week before the big match.

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What excites Katsande about Baxter’s appointment is that the coach knows Chiefs inside out.

“Coach Stuart is a mastermind. He’s a great coach; remember, he was with the national team,” Katsande told Sowetan.

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“He knows all of us, and some of us worked with him during his first stint at the club. So, I can say he had a big influence on our win in Morocco,” Katsande said.

“Even the technical team he found at the club work nicely with him. So, it was quite easy to adapt to what he wants us to do.

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“He’s a breath of fresh air in the group, to be honest. He knows Chiefs in and out,” concluded Katsande.