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ON BOARD: Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has been appointed Kaizer Chiefs coach. Chiefs have been without a coach after they fired Vladimir Vermezovic early last month. PHOTO: Lee Warren

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Baxter, an Englishman who is also a former Bafana Bafana mentor, was head-hunted by Amakhosi following football manager Bobby Motaung's visit to London last month.

Baxter will take over next season after the Glamour Club sacked Vladimir Vermezovic earlier last month.

Donald Khuse, Doctor Khumalo and Arthur Zwane were appointed joint caretaker coaches for the remainder of the season, but will make way for Baxter in the new campaign which kicks off in August.

Baxter was unattached before being hired by Chiefs, having only been appointed as an advisor to Swedish club AIK.

However, he has been in international limbo since being sacked by Finland, who he was expected to guide to this year's European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.

Baxter spent the day with Chiefs chairman Kaizer Motaung and the board yesterday and will attend the club's match against Ajax Cape Town at the Peter Mokaba Stadium tomorrow.

By bringing Baxter on board, the Chiefs management have ignored pleas from players - led by captain Itumeleng Khune - to hire a local man. Khune said Chiefs were missing the "African flair" under European coaches, who the club has preferred in the PSL era.

Motaung is on record as saying a local coach would not deliver at Chiefs.

"Baxter will fit in well into our strategy going forward because of his great wealth of knowledge at the club, national team and at international level," said Motaung.

"His expertise as far as mentoring coaches as an instructor will assist us in developing our own coaches and will also hold a great deal in developing our youth academy."

Baxter had a torrid time while at Bafana - quitting after failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. The South African Football Association had given him the job in 2004.

Baxter said: "I'm very happy at taking up this challenging, but exciting project at Chiefs."

His immediate task will be to win the Premier League at Chiefs, an honour the club last achieved in 2005. Baxter's major achievement was winning a domestic cup with another Swedish team - Helsingborgs IF in 2006 and taking AIK to the group stages of the European Champions League in 1999.

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May 8, 2012

asaowe

Fall Khosi Fall such a looer i feel sory 4 ZebrafC, chf to play boring english futball agaaa man
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May 8, 2012

maneater

BAD BAD choice AMAKHOSI!!!!!! the guy was a looser the first time he came here. nothing special about him really!!!
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May 8, 2012

Charmaboy

Ayaya Family Business. Wrong choice I think. VV was the best. He had no material ,but managed to produce results.
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May 8, 2012

Ntikana

Bad Man. His record is do dead, always been fired........ Bobby must stop behaving like his the one who produces money, reka diplayer morena... it doesnt help to have a good choach with our current team....
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May 8, 2012

Daffy

Okay now Kaizer wants a sales p[ersonto sell his socalled best players to 3rd Division english teams? we all know Baxter was responsible for Elroi van Heerden Bryce Moon and other Coloured players to get contracts in europe. and as we all know Baxter will talk to Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rngers regarding Shabba, Khune and Parker. watch this corner right here before he leaves these guys will be warming bencehs in England!
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May 8, 2012

Schizophrenia

How can Bobby Hire a man who has been fired before, he never deliverer where he was hired, his record is very poor, even though Bobby is believing in him, I foresee Khosi ship sinking again more than 2011/2012 season. Bad choice for Khosi family.
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May 8, 2012

tpaz

another Julio Leal......fired before season ends.

Problem at Chiefs they don''t have quality players.(except for Nyawana, Sis Ugly , Tau & Khune).

Bobby is stingy and does not want to pay.

Once a pretty pirate always a sexy pirate!


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May 8, 2012

MGEEZ

"Motaung is on record as saying a local coach would not deliver at Chiefs."
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I think that the above statement by Kaizer in self delusional!!!!


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May 8, 2012

TrippleXXX

@All

Have you seen Baxters CV?
Leal CV and Baxters are they the same?

Please mind your Pierats business and leave our family business alone.

We all know is South Africa coaches get fired anyway even in the National Team.
kroll won three trophies and he got sacked. What's new????????
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May 8, 2012

KeRataBasadi

This guy took Finlad from position 30 something to 80 something, not to mention his failure with bafana x2, what the he11 is this ? just when i thought it could not get any worse for the family business now this, I'm anticipating some more BORING football this season from them and i doubt they'll win much, eish mara.
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