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The league champions Mamelodi Sundowns have shown faith in the existing members of their technical team and have confirmed the appointment of Manqoba Mngqithi and Rulani Mokwena as joint club coaches on Sunday afternoon.
The duo replaced the extremely successful Pitso Mosimane, who joined Egyptian powerhouses Al Ahly in one of the most dramatic moves of a South African coach’s career a few days ago.
The new joint coaches served as Mosimane’s assistants at Sundowns and while they will have an equal voice on technical matters, Sundowns has decided that Mnqithi will have the privilege of making the final decision in case there is an issue they cannot take a stand on. agreement.
Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe said the club wanted to keep the local coach position and decided to reward the two after they served the Pretoria team for many years.
“Manqoba and Rulani have been with Mamelodi Sundowns for many years and were part of the technical team that was crowned the African Champion in 2016, and also won the (league title) and other titles in South Africa,” Motsepe said on Sunday.
“The Mamelodi Sundowns Board of Directors was particularly interested in appointing South African coaches and expressing their commitment and confidence in the talent and ability of our local coaches.”
Mosimane led the Sundowns to a domestic treble last season, the league title, the Telkom TKO and the Nedbank Cup, and Motsepe said the duo were mandated to defend the titles.
They will also be asked to trade shots with the best on the continent and could run into Mosimane’s Al Ahly in the coming months.
“Manqoba‚ Rulani and the Sundowns technical team will focus on defending PSL and the other titles we won during our historic 50th anniversary.
They will also move forward and continue with the goal we set for ourselves in 2004, which is to make Mamelodi Sundowns one of the best clubs on the African continent ”.
Sundowns is expected to make more announcements in the coming days before the start of the new season later this month.
The Brazilians have been busy transferring through the offseason and Cape Town forward Kermit Erasmus was the last to be confirmed on Sunday morning.
The city announced that they had reached an agreement with the Pretoria side and that the Bafana star Bafana, who has traveled extensively, would pack his bags and head to the country’s capital.
The Sundowns may have lost Mosimane to continental rivals Al Ahly, but the Brazilians have already signaled that they will not easily relinquish their dominance over South African soccer.
Erasmus was recently named to the Bafana squad that will play two international friendly matches against Namibia and Zambia in preparation for the resumption of their qualifying campaign for the African Cup of Nations in November.
Bafana will face the Namibians on October 8 before facing the Zambians on October 11 in matches to be played at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.
Erasmus is a great addition to the champions and his career has taken him to Dutch Feyenoord, French clubs Rennes and Lens, Orlando Pirates and Supersport United, among others.
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