Neil Tovey recalls Troussier throwing bread rolls at Kaizer Chiefs players
Frenchman failed to grasp the culture in the country
04 June 2019 - 19:07
Neil Tovey has related how Philippe Troussier once threw bread rolls at three Kaizer Chiefs players when the combustible Frenchman coached Amakhosi in 1994.
The story‚ as related in Bafana Bafana and Chiefs legend Tovey’s new autobiography‚ Neil Tovey‚ A Captain’s Journey‚ gives insight into why Troussier could not last more than a year at Chiefs when the “White Witchdoctor” arrived with much fanfare from huge success in West Africa...
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