Pitso Mosimane’s Comment About African Clubs Hiring African Coaches Causes Uproar, Not All Agree With Jingles

• Pitso Mosimane has caused controversy after commenting that Africa should hire African coaches
• Fans have been divided on the comments made by Mosimane over Africa's usage of foreign coaches
• Pitso Mosimane made the comments after praise was heaped upon Senegal coach Aliou Cissé who has led his home country to the AFCON final

Pitso Mosimane is considered to be Africa’s best coach and his credentials speak for themselves.

Pitso’s signature has been sought after by clubs and countries alike, and he is highly respected among peers and fans, but it’s his recent comments that have caused division.

Praising the work done by Aliou Cissé with Senegal, Mosimane took to Twitter to comment that Africa needed to hire Africans as coaches. Cissé is a former Senegal player who has now led his country to the final of AFCON as a coach. Sadio Mané has even said that they want to win the tournament for their coach, IOL reported.

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Using Cissé as an example of why hiring local coaches works, Mosimane added that coaches from other continents must be able to show the trophies they had won in their career before they were hired.

His comments haven’t gone well with everyone though, as some fans have accused Pitso of being somewhat of a hypocrite. While some agree with his ‘local is lekker’ approach, others reminded Pitso that he was a foreign coach by working in Egypt.

Here’s how readers responded to Pitso’s comments:

Tlg Dfoxx:

"When Mapeza from Zimbabwe was in S.A. at Chippa he (Pitso) said South Africa must employ local coaches... Now that he is in a foreign country he is singing a different tune...kkkk!!! Funny indeed"

Luyolo Ancient Pyra:

"Quite frankly indeed,gone are the days when Europeans couches are regarded superior than African couches...it's all bout legitimate qualifications now,and as South Africa we're fortunate to have him having that pragmatic experience, big up to Sir Jingles"

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Calvin Tarunga:

"Any type of job must be taken by anyone who knows the job or anyone who can do the job properly regardless with nationality"

Bra Steps Maisiri:

"Egyptian clubs must be coached by Egyptian coaches"

Clydo Adams:

"This guy is a typical anc mentality clown.hire incompetent ppl as long as they black it doesnt matter if they qualified or not."

Bundleofjoy Sonwabile:

"Good mr Pitso but here in SA when we say so they believe it's xenophobic"

Wilbert Nkala:

"now he is talking about africa when he was in SA he used to hate zimbabwean coaches"

Ntokozo Mavovo Nkonyane:

"Infact all national teams must be coached by locals with the whole technical team being locals as well"

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The Confederation of African Football champions Al Ahly will take on North American champions Monterrey from Mexico in their opening game of the tournament on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In a statement released by Al Ahly, they confirmed that their coach had tested positive and was self-isolating, Goal.Com reported. The club’s doctor, Ahmed Abu Abla, described his condition as stable.