Kaizer Chiefs veteran Bernard Parker is set to move into coaching once he hangs up his boots but it may not be at the end of the current season.
Parker who is set to turn 36 next month is still firmly part of the Amakhosi set-up well into his tenth season at the club since his arrival from FC Twente, where he won the Eredivisie, the KNVB Beker and Super Cup.
Wearing the captain’s armband and featuring in all but two games this season, Parker has rewarded the faith of management for handing a one-year extension and his representative Mike Makaab says the ball is in their court should they want to prolong his playing career.
“It could be, it just depends on how he finishes this season, how he feels, how the club feels about him, we never pushed Kaizer Chiefs to extend his contract last year, they approaches us and said we’d like to give Bernard another year,” he confirmed to iDiski Times.
“I think once again, that’s the way we’ll look at it. Bernard definitely wants to go into coaching he’s also done a couple of academic studies, he’s a sports management qualification, he’s done sports psychology.
“So Bernard has really set himself up to stay involved in the game. He loves the game, he loves the club and in an ideal world, we’d love to see him in a coaching position at Kaizer Chiefs.”
Parker has represented Chiefs 354 times, scoring 59 goals, registering 39 assists whilst winning four titles, including two league winners medals and a Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot award.
