SuperSport United CEO Stan Matthews says there is no coaching vacancy at the club and they have no intention of bringing Gavin Hunt back to Matsatsantsa.
Hunt is set to leave Bidvest Wits at the end of the current season after the club sold their PSL status to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) owner Masala Mulaudzi.
The TTM boss defended his decision to part ways with Hunt at the end of the campaign as he believes the former GladAfrica Championship side cannot afford a coach of Hunt’s calibre.
Matthews believes it would be disrespectful to head coach Kaitano Tembo to even consider the Wits mentor for the coaching role.
‘There is no coaching vacancy at SuperSport United. I do think it is disrespectful to Kaitano and any other head coach. I think even Gavin himself will find it disrespectful more than anybody else to have someone linked to his job,’ Matthews told the Sowetan.
‘He [Hunt] is an old-school soccer tradition guy and it’s not nice when someone is in a job and their job is linked with somebody else.’
However, Matthews revealed that the club would be open to the prospect of Hunt becoming a candidate for the head coach job if Tembo leaves Matsatsantsa.
‘Just because Wits decided to sell their franchise doesn’t suddenly mean that SuperSport forgets its obligation to Kaitano‚ the rest of the coaching staff and all the people who have been competing against Gavin,’ he continued.
‘Just because Gavin is now available has no impact on our club. If Kaitano decides that he is not our coach anymore for whatever reason and we are looking for a coach‚ then, of course, Gavin would be a candidate.
‘But we are very happy with Kaitano as our head coach and this is the same answer I gave when people were saying that Stuart Baxter was coming back to the club.
‘Why in the world would SuperSport be looking to disrupt our togetherness and what we have because another club down the road decided to sell?
‘I was quite shocked and disappointed when I read the speculation in the media and, to be honest, I really think it is disrespectful.’
