The name of the man to take the South African senior soccer team to the 2010 World Cup will remain a secret for a few more weeks, as he does not exist.
South African Football Association (Safa) CEO Raymond Hack on Thursday admitted that they are yet to receive recommendations from the technical committee led by Sturu Pasiya.
This means that the name of the next Bafana Bafana coach is a long way from being announced as Safa still needs to negotiate with the technical committee’s chosen man.
”We are getting impatient, probably more than the public out there. We are meeting with the technical committee tomorrow [Friday] where they will give us their final recommendations.
”It is then that the national executive will meet and discuss the recommendations, which should take about a day or two. It is unlikely that we will announce the name of the coach soon as the national association has to engage the future coach,” Hack said.
Hack confirmed that the Safa executive would be meeting next week to discuss the recommendations of the technical committee.
Safa and their technical committee’s ”walking-on-egg-shells” veil of secrecy is understandable as the man who will be announced as coach will have to guide Bafana Bafana through the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana, the Confederations Cup in 2009 and the Fifa World Cup in 2010. — Sapa