HEAD COACH
Stuart Baxter admits Kaizer Chiefs made contact with him
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has confirmed that Kaizer Chiefs has made contact with him over returning to Naturena as Amakhosi’s head coach. Baxter said of the reports that Chiefs, at one stage, were courting him for a return: "Yes‚ I’m sure there was life in it." The Bafana coach did not deny that there had been any contact between him and the club where he won league and cup doubles in 2013/2014 and 2015/2016‚ saying only that any such communication was not as "drawn out" as it was made to look in the media. Reports in June‚ denied by the SA Football Association (Safa)‚ were that Baxter‚ who at the time was at home in Sweden on holiday‚ might leave Bafana for Chiefs. Asked to clarify what the position was‚ Baxter said this week: "I left here and I went to Sweden to hopefully go and watch the World Cup from Russia‚ but at least watch it from Sweden and do all my reports for Safa. "During that time I was bombarded by reports and counter-reports about how interested Chiefs were ...
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