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Queiroz or Renard, who is getting the Bafana job?

2017-03-01

 

Carlos Queiroz. (AFP)
 

Cape Town – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has reportedly trimmed the Bafana Bafana head coach candidate list down to two names.

According to the SowetanLIVE website, Herve Renard and Carlos Queiroz are said to be the only choices for the Bafana Bafana hot seat.

Renard is currently the head coach of Morocco, while Queiroz’s contract with Iran has not been renewed.

Queiroz, who previously coached Bafana Bafana between 2000-2002, is said to be SAFA’s first choice.

However, Renard will get the nod for the job if the organisation cannot meet the demands of Queiroz.

SAFA will have to cough up around R20m to pin down Queiroz into a deal as that is the estimated amount the former Manchester United assistant coach earned as Iran head coach.

Reports suggest that Queiroz’s representatives will want SAFA to either match or better the sum he earned in the Middle East.

On Monday, (February 27) the official Bafana Bafana Twitter account revealed images of a meeting between the selectors who will chose the next coach.

“Finalising naming of new Bafana Bafana coach at SAFA House,” read the tweet.

Pictured in the meeting was Bafana Bafana legend Lucas Radebe along with SAFA president Danny Jordaan and Farouk Khan.

SAFA spokesperson Dominic Chimhavi earlier this week exclusively revealed to Sport24 that the association is “almost” close to making an announcement.

The Bafana Bafana job has been vacant since December 2016 after SAFA sacked Shakes Mashaba.

The national football governing body is expected to make the announcement before the end of the week.

South Africa friendly match is still on the cards.

The South African newspaper “The Daily Sun” Reported that Team Melli and South Africa will be meeting in Azadi in May.

BAFANA Bafana’s confirmed friendly international against Iran is seen as a veiled confirmation that Carlos Queiroz has began his work for Safa underground.
 
Queiroz is the current Iran head coach and highly-placed SAFA insiders have revealed that Queiroz was instrumental in the friendly match becoming a reality.
The rumour in the Safa corridors is that he will be announced as the new Bafana coach after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil in July.
The match against Iran will take place in May.
Bafana will play against Brazil in March. They will then have two friendlies against Iran in Tehran and Australia in Sydney in May.