Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed he has had strong interest from West Africa, as he aims to return to coaching.
Mosimane, 60, has been without a club since leaving Saudi Arabian side Abha Club after they were relegated to the first division despite a valiant effort by Mosimane and his technical team.
The South African tactician is Mzanis’s most successful club coach and has lifted 19 trophies throughout his career, but it seems he’s keener on working with a national team going forward.
“The World Cup I’ve done with a country was once,” he said, as per SABC Sport.
“So maybe with the national team, I must say that interest me more [than with a club]. And also national team, doesn’t mean [just] anyone. A National team that you think you can go to the semi-final.
“And when you go to the semi-final, go to the final and when you’re in the final, you might as well win it.”
Mosimane did reveal he’s had interest from two West African countries but it’s sometimes difficult to gauge how far the calls can really go because different role players are involved.
“Unless it’s a club again where we need to play more in space. Saudi will always be there also, Qatar will always be there,” he added.
“We had calls with even West-African countries, two! And ones I said, ‘yeah, these are the ones’. But things are done different in those spaces.
“You asked yourself what happened, there’s a space, the call comes back… It’s not easy to [understand], when there is space for the ministry and also space for the football federation.
“There’s always clashes somewhere there, the ministry, because they pay for the coach, they want this coach, the football federation want that coach. Hopefully we’ll get one that goes together.”
Nigeria are currently looking for a new coach after talks with Bruno Labbadia broke down at the 11th hour despite the Nigeria Football Federation already announcing the German as new coach.
