Simba Marumo gives Pitso Mosimane thumbs up for Bafana Bafana job

Mosimane, who coached Bafana between 2010 and 2012 and left rather unceremoniously, has been heavily tipped to replace Hugo Broos at the helm as the Belgian tactician retires. Marumo says “Jingles” has learnt a lot with big clubs in different countries since then, and that experience will benefit South African football.

"We should look to grow our local talent of coaches to get them. I think Helman would do a great job, but I feel that somebody like Pitso, with where we are, would be very well placed to do an incredible job with the national team, " said Marumo

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"And I think with everything that he has learned and more contact that he has overseas and so on, it can actually help a lot to get more of our players going to some of the countries where he has been."

"Because we need to start exporting more players. The more we export, the richer our football will be. I would vouch for Pitso, Rulani, Dan Dance.Those would be my candidates for the national team."

Marumo, who turned out for the likes of Mamelodi Sundowns and Silver Stars, says while Broos deserves praise for the job he’s done with Bafana, he was never the permanent solution for South African football. He says it’s important to have a succession plan and elevate our own coaches.

He added that local coaches have a better chance of getting the best out of South African players than their foreign counterparts.

Marumo believes there’s also a higher level of patriotic edge that local coaches are able to inject into the any national team, which is at times the difference between winning and losing international matches. SAFA is yet to confirm Broos’ departure, despite the 74-year-old announcing his intentions to retire at the end of their World Cup campaign.