The South African Football Association (Safa) should appoint a local coach such as Clive Barker to take Bafana Bafana to the 2010 World Cup finals and beyond, former team captain and current AmaZulu coach Neil Tovey said.
He was speaking ahead of Friday's Safa national executive meeting in Kempton Park where Safa are set to announce the successor to Brazilian born Joel Santana, who quit as Bafana head coach on Monday.
But while Tovey and most Premier Soccer League coaches support a local coach to replace the out of touch Santana, it is strongly rumoured that former Bafana and Brazil head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will be named as Santana’s successor.
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Parreira won the 1994 World Cup with Brazil. He quit as Bafana's coach last April citing his wife's illness as the reason for leaving. But many believe that Parreira was upset by the way then Safa officials interfered with him during his time in charge. But reports from Brazil stated that he was happy to return. However, Sapa's source said that Parreira's star has fallen in the past months after he was sacked as coach of top Brazilian First Division club Fulminese recently.
However, Parreira said he would only accept the job if he negotiated personally with Safa and not via the telephone. Parreira told Sapa’s source in Rio de Janeiro: "I do not do business over the phone. I need to conduct business like this (being offered a coaching position) personally."
The other strong possibility is former Bafana coach Jomo Sono being appointed as Bafana technical director. The speculation is that Sono would work with Parreira and that the two Bafana assistant coaches Pitso Mosimane and Brazilian Jairo Leal would be retained by Parreira.
Tovey said he is happy Santana had resigned after a disastrous 17 month reign in which Bafana have gone backwards and are now 85th in the Fifa world rankings.
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