Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi has lashed out about the lack of patience for his project, citing the fact the club won only seven games in 2024.
After the 1-0 win over Chippa United Chiefs moved into seventh in the league and Nabi was asked about the reflection of his tenure thus far and about what he’d like to add to the squad in the mid-season window.
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“Honestly, you think I change for results? Me… honestly, why don’t you accept that I have come for a project? Why? Why do you refuse this as the media?” Nabi said when asked about the results and the approaching January window.
“I give you a question; why do you refuse this? Because it’s not good for you as the media, you need a reaction as the media. If the coach talks about the process of building the team, this doesn’t provoke reactions from the fans and business for yourself.
“This is not what [you want]. You push me, you ask why you only win this game or that, me I come for a process guys; I trust in my project with Kaizer Chiefs. I know you guys don’t like listening to this.
“Before me, you heard before, building, building… you don’t like to listen to this building [talk]. But I have come to build, you want or don’t want? You understand me – because if you talk another response like this you will say I’m not right, I’m not correct.”
The Tunisian mentor went on to suggest that his message has been clear from day one and that the public perception from the media directed to the fans is creating friction and unrealistic expectations based on the trajectory the club has been on in 2024.
“Listen to me, it’s not possible that in June I came here and said I want to build and have these steps, objectives and then after a [few months] I say I want to win everything, it’s not correct like that,” he added.
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“We believe in this, in everything, to make it happen, to make it successful, because if you see seven games won in the whole calender year and there were coaches here before, I don’t think we have to speak about those who were here before us.”
