DOMESTIC FOOTBALL
Safa set to release Stuart Baxter for return to Amakhosi
The South African Football Association (Safa) and Kaizer Chiefs are working on an intricate plan that could see Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter move to the Naturena club. Well-placed insiders said on Tuesday that negotiations were centred on Baxter resigning from his post as coach of the national team and returning soon to Chiefs where he would replace Steve Komphela, who was sacked late last season after three trophyless seasons at the club. Baxter’s contract with Safa runs until the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but officials do not want to fire him as such a move would lead to a breach of contract and force the sport’s mother body to pay Baxter a huge financial settlement. If a deal is concluded between Chiefs supremo Kaizer Motaung‚ who is personally handling the negotiations‚ and Safa president Danny Jordaan‚ Baxter’s contract would be terminated by mutual agreement. A member of the Safa council‚ formerly the national executive committee‚ said they lost faith in Baxter ...
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