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SABC Sport has established that Kaizer Chiefs and coach Nasreddine Nabi will be going their separate ways with immediate effect.
It’s understood the issue are around his CAF qualifications, meaning he would not be able to sit on the bench for any of their interclub competition fixtures this season – especially if they progress further.
Amakhosi are expected to issue a statement imminently.
Chiefs appointed Nabi in July last year and the Tunisian mentor led them to their first domestic trophy in over a decade, but did not achieve a top eight finish as had been expected by the hierarchy.
It is believed that already at the time of their failure to qualify for the MTN8, the trust between the two parties was broken and the relationship not where it had been early on into his tenure.
The latest saga surrounding his coaching licence, however, is thought to have completely forced the two parties to pull in different directions.
Although Nabi has a UEFA Pro License, the understanding is the coach must still be in a possession of a CAF equivalent to be able to sit in the dugout during inter-club tournaments this season.
Nabi winning the Nedbank Cup propelled Chiefs to the CAF Confederation Cup, with expectation he would lead their return to that stage, until it emerged his license was not ready in time to travel to Angola this weekend, where they face Kabuscorp.
The public broadcaster has been informed the documents did finally land in the coach’s inbox, but the damage to the two parties' relationship had already been done.
Chiefs and Nabi have thus decided to go their separate ways.
