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The 56-year-old is currently in Cape Town but is expected to return to Johannesburg this weekend to close the deal.
The Kaizer Chiefs appear to be getting closer to naming Gavin Hunt as their coach for the new season.
According to a objective According to the source within the Amakhosi camp, the club has already been in talks with the 56-year-old mentor and is expected to return to Johannesburg this weekend for a meeting with the club bosses.
“It looks like Gavin is really coming to join us. I heard the club is talking to him, but I’m not sure if there are any other coaches interested,” the source said. objective.
Hunt is currently on vacation in Cape Town after parting ways with Bidvest Wits last week.
“I think he will come back a little bit this weekend to close the deal with management next week,” the source added.
While the latest news may come as a huge relief to most Amakhosi fans who want Hunt as their new coach, objective understands that the club’s board is divided as to whether he accepts the position.
Media reports suggest that both Stuart Baxter and Benni McCarthy are also in the mix, but with Hunt already in talks with the Chiefs, the club is likely to join him.
Hunt is also expected to name his own backroom staff, especially the assistant coach, after the Chiefs decided to part ways with Shaun Bartlett.
The Glamor Boys are on a mission to restore the old days of glory by winning major trophies again beginning next season.
They failed to end their five-year drought this season after coming second behind Mamelodi Sundowns on the final day of the 2019-20 campaign.
Amakhosi last lifted a major trophy when he won the league and cup double during Baxter’s tenure in 2015.
It’s for this reason that Baxter has been linked to a sensational comeback to the Chiefs even though he recently moved to India.
After Baxter’s departure, the Chiefs appointed Steve Komphela, who was later succeeded by Giovanni Solinas in a shock move.
Solinas was fired after being in charge of 21 games, and Middendorp returned to try and steer the ship in the right direction, but things did not go as planned.
