Former Bafana Bafana and Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune has arrived in SA to finalise his appointment as Stuart Baxter’s second assistant. Bafana face Zambia in a second leg African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier on Saturday and Fortune will travel there with the team on Thursday morning. Baxter will not accompany Bafana to Zambia; his first assistant, Thabo Senong, will be in charge of the side. Baxter will remain behind in the country to do final preparations for his squad for the crucial back-to-back 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Cape Verde on September 1 in Praia and four days later in Durban. "Because of the difficulties we’ve had‚ I have had little time to concentrate on the absolutely vital assignment and that is the Cape Verde qualifiers," he said. Because of that, he would not be travelling to Zambia. "I am going to use that time to watch some PSL games over the weekend and prepare for the squad announcement on Monday," said Baxter. "When the s...
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