Kaizer Chiefs great Zebulon Nhlapo believes Arthur Zwane should be given the permanent head coach position at the club and that Chiefs should try out Itumeleng Khune as one of his assistants.
As happened at the end of last season following the departure of Gavin Hunt, Zwane and Dillon Shepard have been tasked with leading the Glamour Boys until the end of the current campaign following Stuart Baxter’s sacking.
Last season, the duo managed to take the club to the final of the Caf Champions League before Baxter was named as head coach at the end of the campaign.
The former Bafana Bafana coach, however, failed to live up to expectations in his second stint and the club now face a decision on who will next fill the hot seat at Naturena.
Speaking to KickOff.com, Nhlapo insisted Zwane is the man for the job.
“To me, Arthur is the right man for the job,” Nhlapo said.
“Age doesn’t matter in football, during our time we were coached by our teammates who had then just retired, such as Banks Sethlodi, who was assisted by Doctor Khumalo’s father where we won four titles.
“That’s because they understood the culture of the team very well, those two.
“All these boys like Njabulo Blom, Nkosingiphile Ngcobo and Happy Mashiane were produced by Arthur.
“The team he had in the MDC, I used to travel all the way to Tembisa, Sinaba, Tsakane, just to watch them play.
“Arthur knows and understands Chiefs’ culture.
“They must give the head coach position to Arthur permanently, he must then be given enough time.”
The Amakhosi icon also believes that Khune has the experience to step into the assistant role, which Zwane would vacate to become top boss.
“Khune has lots of experience, they must try him as Arthur’s assistant, these two know everything about Chiefs.
“We are tired of this European style of play, we need to bring back the Chiefs way of playing football.
“Most of the time Khune sits in the stands, maybe because of his age, he is the only player to have played for more than 20 years, so he has experience in abundance.”
