Former Chelsea assistant coach Baltemar Brito has expressed an interest in coaching Tshakhuma Tsha Madzhivhandila in the PSL next season.
TTM have confirmed a vacancy for the head coach position at the club for the 2020/21 season after deciding not to retain current Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt.
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The Limpopo-based club has bought Wits' top-flight status, pending PSL approval, and is set to relocate from Johannesburg to Polokwane next season.
Brito, who won the UEFA Champions League next to Jose Mourinho at FC Porto in 2004, was linked with Ajax Cape Town earlier this year but his representatives in South Africa have since offered him to TTM.
"There are people given a mandate to speak to South African teams," a close source tells snl24.com/kickoff.
"There were initial talks with Ajax Cape Town before they appointed Calvin Marlin as caretaker coach.
"Brito is highly recommended and has a desire to coach in South Africa if he gets the right offer."
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The 68-year-old Brazilian, who holds a UEFA Pro Licence, is also highly recommended by former Chelsea boss Mourinho after the pair won Premier League trophies together in 2004/05 and 2005/06.
"I am speaking from my heart to say that Brito was a fantastic assistant that I had for many years at Porto, Chelsea, and he was my direct collaborator also at Real Madrid," says Mourinho in a video reference for Brito.
"We just stopped working together because of his desire to be a head coach, which I accept perfectly. Very honest guy, organised, and very good in his relationship with the players.
"I will put my reputation on the line to say he is ready to take any job and for sure the quality of his work will not be a surprise. It will be a fanastic thing for the club that chooses him."
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