Bafana Bafana head coach Stuart Baxter has confirmed his technical team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Reports have been doing the rounds that Baxter could include former Bafana midfielder Quinton Fortune in his technical team, but that is not the case. After announcing his provisional squad for AFCON, which will be cut down to 23 before the team leaves for Egypt on June 12, Baxter revealed who will be his right hand men at the competition.
"The technical, obviously Molefe [Ntseki] who has been outstanding with me. I have to say sometimes the assistant is there, but not there to you guys. But Molefi has been great for me when we are in camp. We discuss things. He does not just listen and say 'yes'. We try very much to speak the same language with the players, even though his language is a little bit difficult for me to understand sometimes. But he has been brilliant and he will continue," Baxter said.
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"We've got Josh Smith as the physical coach and Andre Arendse as the goalkeeper coach. Then Thulani [Ngwenya] will be the team doctor and is a credit to his profession and we enjoy having him."
Baxter revealed that he did speak to PSL clubs to try get some of their technical members to join the different Bafana squads that will be taking part in the AFCON and COSAFA Cup, with no luck. He, however, did not say who he was looking to bring in.
"I would hope that we would get the staff that we want, but I understand the clubs have problems with releasing their staff when they in the beginning of pre-season. I would hope that the desire to want to help Bafana in what is their first major tournament in quite a while would override any sort of personal issues."