Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane says he would be ready to coach Kaizer Chiefs, or any team in South Africa which presents him with an exciting project.
Mosimane, 61, is arguably Africa’s most successful club coach but has been out of a job since leaving Iranian giants Esteglhal in January.
He is currently focussing on his Pitso Mosimane Youth Football project, trying to implement structures to find the “star of the future”.
However, with Mosimane’s history in Africa and South Africa, there are constant calls for him to return to club football. And with links to Amakhosi not dying down, he has now addressed the topic.
“I’ve answered this question so many times. I can never say I can’t coach at home – why, why not?” he told Thabiso Mosia on Radio2000.
“I’ll coach any team in the country that shows me why you need to come here. What would you bring on the table?
“So that I can also ask, what have you been doing? Why are we were we are? Where can we accept our shortfalls and how do we address them? And how do we get better?
“Not today, not tomorrow, it takes times. Brendon Rodgers was talking about a three-year plan and I was laughing. In the UK, yes.
“But we can have a plan, if you have a program. Look, we were at Sundowns for eight years, we were at SuperSport for six years, so we can create a plan.
“You know the issue that we’re drawing tomorrow and then we lose one match and then they say, ‘ah, you see, he’s the same’.”
Mosimane also explained that with everything the three-time CAF Champions League winner has achieved he is not applying for jobs, but waits for the right project for him to return to club football.
“At the point where I am, I don’t apply for a job. That’s not being egoistic,” he added.
“It’s the plan, show me the plan. I talk to you today, anytime from today, anytime there is a possibility that I might be in a club.
“Almost every second week, there is a team that is available and says can we work together. I mean you can’t tell me in Africa there is no team I can coach – even in the Gulf.
“But it must be proper for me and challenging.”