Former Bafana Coach Mosimane Open to Coaching Super Eagles

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Former South Africa international and ex-Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has expressed openness to the possibility of considering an offer from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the position of Super Eagles Head Coach.

Mosimane, who parted ways with Al Wahda in early November, has indicated his willingness to entertain an offer from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the role of Super Eagles head coach.

In addition to coaching Bafana Bafana, Mosimane has an extensive coaching career, having worked with renowned clubs such as SuperSport United, Mamelodi Sundowns, Al Ahly, Al Ahli, and Al Wahda.

As reported by KickOff, Mosimane has shown interest in the Super Eagles position, recognizing the talent within the Nigerian squad, including players like Samuel Chukwueze and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. He underscored the importance of a coach in fostering confidence, stability, leadership, a winning mentality, and teamwork within the team.

They have a lot of talent; the likes of Samuel Chukwueze, the Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. But talent alone is not enough because if it was only about talent, they would have beaten Lesotho 7-0, but they drew with them. And
pound for pound they would have also beaten Zimbabwe,” KickOff quoted Mosimane as saying.

“So, the job of the coach is to bring confidence, stability, leadership, winning mentality and teamwork
within the group.

“The Nigeria job is one I would consider, but it would also depend on whether they want the team to be led
by an African. Because the only African coach they had was Stephen Keshi.

“That is also a challenge because there have been a lot of white people on the job; whether we believe in our
African coaches like Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, and Egypt remain to be seen.”

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