Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jr says he cannot talk about rumours linking the club with Pitso Mosimane and Benni McCarthy when he still has the current coaches in the job.
Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef took over as co-coaches after Nasreddine Nabi left earlier in the campaign and did well in the first half, collecting 30 points from 15 games, with the club only conceding six goals.
However, after losing five of their last six games, Chiefs have dropped to fifth on the log and were knocked out of the CAF Confederation Cup and the Nedbank Cup.
With the coaching duo coming under fire, fans have called for McCarthy and Mosimane to become the next Amakhosi coach, but Motaung Jr insisted it wouldn’t be professional of him if he replied to those rumours.
“You are mentioning two top individuals, who have achieved tremendous things in their careers,” he said on Marawa Sports Worldwide.
“[But] it would be unfair of me to sit here and talk about coaches, when we have coaches in the team.
“We have our immediate mandate and responsibility to restore the pride and the hurt that’s been happened to the nation and to the team.
“I can sit here and talk about individuals, it is not professional and I don’t think it’s the right thing to do.
“I have a lot of respect for both of those gentlemen, they have achieved a lot through their playing days, achieved as coaches and it’s always an honour to be associated with people like that.
“To be fully transparent and honest, it wouldn’t be right for me to sit here and talk about them.”
Chiefs return to action on 15 March, facing Durban City, with Kaizer Jr also stating the club’s clear target for the season is to return to CAF football next year.
