JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – MAY 06: Kaizer Motaung jnr, Jessica Motaung and Kemiso Motaung During the Nedbank Cup semi final match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at FNB Stadium on May 06, 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)
Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director Kaizer Jr and Marketing Director Jessica Motaung have noted different versions about whether the club had serious discussions with former Young Africans head coach Nasreddine Nabi.
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Briefly after the conclusion of the 2022/23 season, reports broke that Chiefs were in discussions to appoint Nabi, who had won a double treble with Yanga, as the new head coach to replace Arthur Zwane. In a series of reports, with the Siya crew on top of the story and eventually revealed that the two parties could not agree on terms, as the Tunisian tactician wanted to bring his own technical team while the Amakhosi management wanted to retain some of their backroom staff, including Zwane.
The Glamour Boys eventually settled for Molefi Ntseki as their new head coach, in a restructuring that saw Zwane demoted back to being an assistant coach alongside Dillon Sheppard.
Motaung Jr was asked at the Chiefs Kappa jersey launch whether there was truth in the reports that the club was negotiating with Nabi.
“The Nabi stuff is very strange to me and I think also it came at a time as very disrespectful. Arthur was our head coach, it was made out in the media, pushed in the wrong direction,” Motaung Jr told the media.
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“From the club’s side we always knew the direction we were gonna take and I think we also had to act with caution and professionalism and respect for all individuals.
“It’s weird because people were talking as if we don’t have a head coach. We just went through a bit of a restructuring phase, we were clear the whole time with the direction we took with Ntseki,” he added.
However, on a different platform, Jessica Motaung was asked on Marawa Sports Worldwide, whether there was any truth in the reports about the club talking to Nabi and she admitted that there were discussions but that “it didn’t work out”.
“The truth is, first of all, who is Nabi? We’re all asking ourselves ‘who was talking to him?’ Yes, there might have been initial discussions,” Jessica Motaung said.
“There was an initial discussion, it didn’t work out, there was an introduction, it didn’t work out. It’s important when you embark on this initiative of finding a coach.
“Is there an alignment? Are there shared values? Is the vision there? So, I think for me the technical team and management know what they are doing,” she added.
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