FAMILY AFFAIR
Safa settles for Baxter and son to steer Bafana
Stuart Baxter is set to be announced as the new Bafana Bafana coach this week
Stuart Baxter has allegedly told the South African Football Association (Safa) that he will accept the Bafana Bafana coaching job on condition his son is appointed as national team goalkeeper coach. Insiders close to the negotiations told Business Day that the Briton has agreed personal terms of a salary believed to be in the region of R1m a month for his second stint with Bafana. But his acceptance of the job is believed to be on condition that his son‚ Lee‚ becomes the goalkeeper coach. The insiders also revealed that Safa officials were initially reluctant to accede to Baxter’s demand of working with his son for fear of public condemnation. But it seems they have given in to the stipulation as Baxter is set to be announced as the new Bafana coach this week. Safa have struggled to pin down a coach since the beginning of the year and attempts to secure Mozambique-born Carlos Queiroz‚ Frenchman Hervé Renard and Belgian Hugo Broos all failed. The failure to find a replacement four mo...
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