These are exciting times if you love Betway Premiership giants Orlando Pirates and Rulani Mokwena as a football coach. Reports say the Buccaneers are set to name the 37-year-old as the next coach.
While Jose Riveiro left the club in April to take over at Al Ahly, the Sea Robbers are yet to name the much-anticipated replacement.
According to iDiski Times’ Sinethemba Makonco, Mokwena’s sensational return to Orlando Pirates is imminent.
Mokwena, who is the son of Julias Sono Hloae, and the nephew of the club legend Ephraim “Jomo” Sono, was in charge of the Buccaneers in 2019. Mokwena later moved to Chippa United before returning to Sundowns in 2022.
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According to Makonco, Mokwena and the club are in the final stages of negotiations. The former Mamelodi Sundowns coach is proposing his own technical team.
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“Talks between Orlando Pirates and Rulani Mokwena have reached an advanced stage, but with some finer details still to be ironed out,” the report said.
“Mokwena is known to be wanting to bring his own technical team, like he did at Sundowns (step by step) and Wydad AC.
“Additional information received is that Mokwena has approached Michael Loftman for the assistant coach position, while Mandla Ncikazi is expected to remain at Orlando Pirates as assistant coach, too.”
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