Former Marumo Gallants head coach Dylan Kerr has explained how the mess the club finds themselves in could have been avoided by one administrative duty.
Kerr left his role as Gallants head coach before the season even started, citing the management's suggestions to bring in co-coaches as the reason.
He had a relatively impressive spell with the club in 2022/23, notably guiding them to the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals.
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However, Gallants were fighting the dreaded drop towards the end of that league campaign and were relegated in the final matchday.
They lost most of their key players to other PSL clubs and struggled in the Motsepe Foundation Championship, where they finished 11th last term.
In a successful bid to return to the Premiership, Bahlabane Ba Ntwa bought the status of Moroka Swallows.
However, Kerr, in an exclusive interview with KickOff, says all this could have been avoided if chairman Abram Sello had ensured he got his work permit expeditiously in the season they got relegated.
"I actually don't know," Kerr responded when asked why he struggles to get a work permit in the country, after having the same issue with Swallows.
"Like I said, I take full responsibility because I was the head coach when Marumo Gallants got relegated, but the chairman should have put me on the bench within a week.
"If Romain Folz got a work permit within a week, I bet Mamelodi Sundowns have got him a work permit right now. Jose Riveiro got a work permit within a week, the coach at AmaZulu [Pablo Franco Martin] got a work permit within a week," he added.
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"For 20 games, I never sat on the bench. How can I do my job when football is all about reaction? By the time you get the message from the stands to the bench, the opportunity is gone, the time is gone. And the thing is, do you trust what the bench is saying?"
Kerr also believes a bonus dispute between the players and management after they reached the semi-finals of the Confed Cup had a major influence in the club's relegation.