Bloemfontein Celtic coach Steve Komphela has admitted that the stage of the project at the club is ready to yield results, suggesting that his project at Chiefs never reached that stage, writes DEAN WORKMAN.

Komphela was named the Absa Premiership Coach of the Month for August after he guided Phunya Sele Sele to four wins and a draw in their opening five fixtures in the league.

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The former Maritzburg United coach failed to receive the accolade once in his almost three-year tenure at the Soweto giants.

Komphela, who resigned as the Glamour Boys’ coach after the fan violence at the Moses Mabhida Stadium back in April, never got to see out his much talked about ‘processes’ at Chiefs.

Speaking at the Absa Premiership Awards press conference, Komphela insisted that his Celtic side are in the right place to produce results while at Chiefs, he never reached the stage in the ‘project’ which would see the side become successful.

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‘I think Bloemfontein Celtic have very good players. The starting 11 is strong, the seven on the bench very strong and the ones in Bloemfontein [who were left out of the squad] are very strong.

‘I’m not saying that there were no good players in my previous environment [at Chiefs], but what I’m saying is the stage of the project at Bloemfontein Celtic.

‘This team played in the Telkom Cup final last season and that tells you that the project was ready to yield a result,’ concluded the Celtic coach.

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