Bafana coach Stuart Baxter did not promise to quit, says Danny Jordaan
In February the Englishman said on record that he will tell Safa he is willing to step down should the team fail to qualify for Afcon
SA Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan says Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter denies telling the media he will step down from the position should SA not qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). Bafana need a draw from their final qualifier against Libya — probably to be played in Tunisia — on March 23 to reach the Afcon finals in Egypt in June and July. At a media breakfast in February Baxter said he will tell Safa he is willing to step down from his second tenure as Bafana coach should the team not qualify‚ and added that it will not cost the association a penny in terms of a contract payout. Jordaan‚ though‚ said Baxter had told him he had not made such a statement. Asked about Baxter’s offer to step down‚ the Safa president said: “I’m not interested in that. We must go and beat Libya and qualify. “You cannot say‚ ‘I’m going to pass — I’m sure I’m going to pass’‚ and then say‚ ‘But if I fail I’m going to drop out’‚ and so on. No…And I asked him. He denie...
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