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Betso Mosimani resigned as Mamelodi Sundowns coach to take on the task of coaching Al-Ahly. And that is according to a report published by the South African newspaper “Times”.
The report indicated that the South African coach was associated with taking over the training of the Moroccan and Al-Ahly Wydad.
The report indicated that the manager, who just won the fifth league title with Sundowns, will coach Al-Ahly as soon as he is available, which means that the South African manager will coach Al-Ahly from October 1.
The report revealed that Musimane was contacted after the final round in the league, which marked the end of a drama during which the 56-year-old led his team to win its 10th league title in its history at the expense of Kaizer Chiefs, at the expense of Kaizer Chiefs. early this month.
During the negotiations it was not clear that the South African coach would coach Al-Ahly while the club would deal with the 4-year contract with their coach.
The report indicated that the reports linked Al-Ahly with Luciano Spalletti, the Italian coach, but Mahmoud Al-Khatib, the club’s president, “is very impressed with the South African coach, and was one of the first to congratulate him when he led the team. to the three locals this season. “
Al-Ahly issued an official statement 4 days ago, through which he congratulated the Sundowns team for winning the local trio.
The source told the South African newspaper: “The club asked him to take over the task quickly, to lead the club to the Champions League.”
He continued: “I hope Sundowns is happy with this matter. This is good news for South Africa. Historically, the black African manager has not led any of the best teams in the north of the continent. This is an honorable advantage for Pizzo, and also an honor for South Africa and Sundowns was the cradle of all that. “
Musimane had won the CAF Champions League with Sundowns in 2016 at the expense of Zamalek.
While Jogesh Singh, general manager of the South African club, said: “We saw these things on the websites, because the Al-Ahly coach resigned on Sunday.”
The newspaper noted that Musimane declined to comment on the matter.
The source revealed that Musimane had all the powers to choose who he wanted to work with. “Al-Ahly has allowed her to appoint her entire technical staff, which will be announced soon.”
Mosimane led the Sundowns in 2012, winning the League titles 5 times and a summer two, the Nedbank Cup twice and the Telkom Cup two, as well as winning the Champions League and the African Super Cup.
Musimane was named Coach of the Month 5 times in the South African League, as well as the best coach of the season 4 times and won the Best Coach of the Month award on the continent in 2016.
Musimani renewed his contract with Sundowns last May for 4 seasons.
FilGoal.com learned that Al-Ahly will thank their current coach, Rene Fyler, after taking on Arsenal, after negotiations between the two sides reached a dead end. (See details)
