'They are a great club': Rulani Mokwena responds to Chiefs links
Former Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has shut down rumours linking him to Kaizer Chiefs.
The 38-year-old coach is a free agent after recently parting ways with Wydad Casablanca. Mokwena only spent close to 10 months in Morocco before returning to South Africa
Robert Marawa on Marawa Sports Worldwide , Rulani was asked if he'd consider coaching Chiefs. 'It can't be about Kaizer Chiefs because they've got a coach,' he said.
'And I think coach Nabi has, I've said it and I'll say it again, I've spent some time now, because I've missed South African football, and I'm using this time to catch-up, so I'm watching a lot of South African games – I've finished the whole competition of the Nedbank Cup.
'And I must say that I was really impressed with how Kaizer Chiefs went on to win the Nedbank Cup, beating Stellenbosch, beating Sundowns, beating Pirates – at a time when there was a lot of noise, a lot of doubts, a lot of pressure on the coach and his staff, and to do that is not very easy,' said Mokwena.
'Of course it's a great a club, it's of course got the pressure of doing well also in the domestic league but I think that winning the Nedbank Cup and delivering the first title [in 10 years], and the way they did it, not only just winning it but the way they did it, beating other big teams, I think coach Nabi has earned credit.
'Sometimes as coaches we need that, we need credit sometimes. And I think he's earned the credit to be given an opportunity to continue to resurrect Kaizer Chiefs,' Rulani added.
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