Menzi Magubane
Menzi on Wednesday: Menzi Magubane asks if Pitso Mosimane could be on his way to the DStv Premiership after he leaves Al Ahly.
Mosimane was recently quoted as saying big South African clubs would need to pay him R2 million or more per month if they wanted to secure his services.
“It’s not about affordability. Do you want to tell me that Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs or Orlando Pirates do not have money to pay a coach?” the Al Ahly coach asked.
“No. What we are talking about is the culture that we cannot pay a coach R2 million a month. But if you have sponsors you can do it.”
The question is, which club is ready to pay him that amount of money? Currently Mosimane is earning R2.5 million a month in Egypt after extending his contract with the Red Devils in February.
Pitso suggests that he is ready to receive a pay-cut from any DStv premiership team that wants him. It may be a big ask as no team in South Africa pays their coaches that much.
The highest earning manager at the moment is Manqoba Mngqithi at Sundowns, who is taking home R750,000. Following him is Eric Tinkler at Cape Town City with R650,000.
Before these two took the lead, former Chiefs Stuart Baxter (R800,000) and ex-Pirates Josef Zinnbauer (R650,000) at Pirates were the top earners.
Is there a possibility that there can be a premiership club that might be willing to pay R2 million for Pitso’s services?
Perhaps Mosimane knows something that we don’t know.
Maybe he’s already in negotiations with one of the teams that he mentioned and he knows that they can give him what he wants.
Mosimane is a well-known, respected coach in Africa and his achievements speak for themselves. Any team in the premiership would be lucky to have him. Perhaps his mere presence at a club could make that club more attractive to a sponsor.
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