Hugo Broos to Finally Meet With Premier Soccer League Coaches to Improve Standard of Football in South Africa

Hugo Broos to Finally Meet With Premier Soccer League Coaches to Improve Standard of Football in South Africa

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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  • Hugo Broos is hooping to finally meet with the Premier Soccer League's coaches to find a way forward
  • Bafana coach Hugo Broos tried on two separate occasions to meet with coaches but was unsuccessful
  • Swallows FC coach Dylan Kerr recently called on Hugo Broos to meet with coaches and attend training sessions

Hugo Broos is committed to improving the standard of football in the country and plans to meet the local coaches to do so.

Broos intends to meet with the Premier Soccer League (PSL) coaches this year as he hopes to get them on board with his plans for the sport in the country.

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Hugo Broos is hoping to meet with the Premier Soccer League's coaches to find ways to improve the standard of football in South Africa. Image: Phill Magakoe/ @thomasmlambo/ @iDiskiTimes
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Broos has been critical recently about the quality of players in the country and the level of the PSL, comments which didn’t sit well with many.

He has since apologised for those comments, Sport24 reported. Broos now wants to meet with the coaches in the PSL and hopes that this time, he will be able to do so, The Daily Sun reported.

“The first time I tried, the league didn’t accept. The second time they didn’t even send my invitation letter to the coaches.”

Broos is hoping that the meeting will get the ball rolling in terms of bettering the standard of football in the country.

“If the coaches are united and work towards this, then we can achieve something.”

Dylan Kerr recently called on Broos to meet with the coaches in the league and attend training sessions to find a better way to move forward.

Swallows FC coach Dylan Kerr encourages Hugo Broos to visit Premier Soccer League clubs' training sessions

Dylan Kerr is the latest person to comment on Hugo Broos’ recent statements about the standard of football in South Africa.

The Bafana coach commented that The Premier Soccer League (PSL) didn’t have quality players to allow the national team to compete globally.

Kerr referenced the comments during his post-match talk after Swallows FC’s game against the University of Pretoria. Swallows won the match 1-0 to secure their DStv Premiership status, Times LIVE reported.

Orlando Pirates legend Jerry Sikhosana wants Hugo Broos to be replaced with Pitso Mosimane as Bafana coach

Jerry Sikhosana is weighing in on the South African national team and coach Hugo Broos.

Legs of Thunder has called for Broos to be replaced as Bafana Bafana coach amid the loss to Morocco and his recent comments regarding the state of football in South Africa.

Sikhosana also believes that the South African Football Association should bring back Pitso Mosimane as the national team coach, Soccer Laduma reported.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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