An influential figure in Egyptian football has now made a massive claim about former Al Ahly boss Pitso Mosimane.
The South African coach enjoyed a two-year stint in Cairo, during which he got his hands on two CAF Champions League titles, one Egyptian Premier League trophy and a domestic cup.
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Now, an Egyptian analyst has suggested that the former Mamelodi Sundowns head coach's impact goes beyond the trophies he collected during his tenure in the Red Devils' helm.
Tamer Badawi, during a conversation with the former Said Abdelhafiz Ahly director on Egyptian show MBC Masr 2, said that he feels the former Bafana Bafana coach was better for the Cairo giants than Manuel Jose was.
The Portuguese tactician was very successful with the Club of the Century, with six league titles and four CAFCLs achieved alongside other considerable achievements, but Badawi feels "Jingles" is the best coach the team has ever had.
"In my opinion, Mosimane is the best coach in the history of Al Ahly Club and better than Manuel Jose," Badawi said, per online newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.
"In 2005, Al Ahly played the strongest football in Africa, but Manuel Jose had the strongest players in Egypt and Africa.
"I felt that Manuel Jose, who did not know the value of Al Ahly, would play any match outside Africa for a draw and win the match in Cairo.
"Mosimane, his first match with Al Ahly in Africa was against Wydad in Morocco. He put pressure on them and Al Ahly won 2-0.
"Mosimane restored Al Ahly's prestige and personality.
"With Jose, Al Ahly (ran away) all the competitors in set-pieces by relying on Gilberto and Flavio, but Mosimane, he was driving the competitors crazy in every match with his deception in set-pieces."
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The club's ex-director Abdelhafiz, however, took an opposing stance, saying: "Manuel Jose, historically, is in a place as a school and the rest of the coaches are in another place."
He went on to add that the Portuguese tactician was "one of the coaches who changed the culture of winning among the players off the field".