PLATINUM Stars will begin the process of selecting a coach for next season only once the league season is over. They have promised caretaker Cavin Johnson he is one of the candidates.
Johnson and co-coach Allan Freese have engineered a remarkable turn-around for the team after the controversy surrounding previous coach Owen da Gama.
"We are going to have a discussion and prioritise it for early next year," said general manager Jason Raine. "We haven't done anything yet because we are still in with a chance of making the top eight this Saturday and we don't want to distract from that."
Earlier this year, Dutch coach Ruud Krol was linked with the Stars job after being spotted at a match at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace taking notes for his former Orlando Pirates colleague, Floyd Mbele.
Krol was again seen doing the same at Stars' 2-1 defeat by Moroka Swallows at the weekend. But Mbele was removed as Stars chairman after a boardroom tussle last month and it is not clear whether Krol is being pushed forward as a candidate for next season. Raine says the club has a large pile of coaches' CVs and will go through them thoroughly.
Among the candidates already being touted is the German coach Michael Kruger, who had success in African club competition in recent years with Al Merreikh of Sudan and has also worked in Egypt and Tunisia.
But Johnson could well be the frontrunner. He has served as a caretaker coach at Ajax Cape Town and enhanced his status with Stars' recent strong run.
Stars eye Johnson, Kruger
PLATINUM Stars will begin the process of selecting a coach for next season only once the league season is over. They have promised caretaker Cavin Johnson he is one of the candidates.
Johnson and co-coach Allan Freese have engineered a remarkable turn-around for the team after the controversy surrounding previous coach Owen da Gama.
"We are going to have a discussion and prioritise it for early next year," said general manager Jason Raine. "We haven't done anything yet because we are still in with a chance of making the top eight this Saturday and we don't want to distract from that."
Earlier this year, Dutch coach Ruud Krol was linked with the Stars job after being spotted at a match at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace taking notes for his former Orlando Pirates colleague, Floyd Mbele.
Krol was again seen doing the same at Stars' 2-1 defeat by Moroka Swallows at the weekend. But Mbele was removed as Stars chairman after a boardroom tussle last month and it is not clear whether Krol is being pushed forward as a candidate for next season. Raine says the club has a large pile of coaches' CVs and will go through them thoroughly.
Among the candidates already being touted is the German coach Michael Kruger, who had success in African club competition in recent years with Al Merreikh of Sudan and has also worked in Egypt and Tunisia.
But Johnson could well be the frontrunner. He has served as a caretaker coach at Ajax Cape Town and enhanced his status with Stars' recent strong run.