Fans React As Gavin Hunt Continues To Be Linked With Chiefs Job. Kaizer Chiefs are continued to be linked with Gavin Hunt. This is after the Naturena club axed head coach Ernst Middendorp and assistant coach Shaun Bartlett last week. Both Hunt and Kaizer Chiefs are unattached to any party at the moment.
Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung said that the club would hire a head coach and assistant coach before players return for pre-season. Kaizer Chiefs players will return for pre-season in 2 weeks. So, an announcement is expected to be made within these two weeks.
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Hunt, currently on holiday in Cape Town, denies holding any talks with Kaizer Chiefs.
“I’m in Cape Town right now and I haven’t spoken to anybody, so I don’t know where you’re getting your stories,” the 4-time PSL winning coach said.
Gavin Hunt is a free agent after Wits’ relocation to Limpopo. The Students were taken over by businessman Masala Mulaudzi and will form the Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.
Many Pitso Mosimane and Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Dennis Onyango believe that Hunt would be an astute appointment from Kaizer Chiefs. The decorated manager would be warmly welcomed by a majority of Kaizer Chiefs supporters.
At this point, it is highly unlikely that Hunt’s rumoured talks with Kaizer Chiefs are merely gossip. It is expected that Gavin Hunt will be announced as Kaizer Chiefs head coach in the next couple of weeks.
Hunt would take over a side that finished second a season after finishing 9th. Kaizer Chiefs are currently barred by FIFA from participating in any transfer dealings. The Phefeni Boys are awaiting their verdict from CAS.
If Hunt is to be hired by Chiefs, he will have to make do with the current squad of players on hand. Hunt will most probably also make use of Chiefs’ famed development squad.
We take a look at fans react as Gavin Hunt continues to be linked with Chiefs job.
