Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson says that he is interested in extending his role with Amakhosi beyond the interim role he currently has, although he intimated that he may be interested in something more enduring than the role of head coach.
Speaking ahead of the weekend’s Soweto Derby against arch-rivals Orlando Pirates and in the wake of his first win since taking the helm of the team Johnson addressed the possibility of taking over as head coach on a full-time basis: “It’s something that appeals to me, but there’s something bigger that appeals to me at Kaizer Chiefs.
“I have been to some of the biggest teams in the world and I’ve worked with one of the biggest teams in the world.
“And when I say Chiefs has got that potential, I think you need to bring some things from a bigger team and put it into this team, but not as a head coach.
“The head coach will always be changed at any club, but I feel that this team is not where it is supposed to be and maybe with my little knowledge, I think this team can be as big as it should be.
“So, whether I’m the head coach or interim coach, I’ve come to this team because there’s something that nobody else has and I say that with respect to all other clubs in the PSL.
“It’s Kaizer Motaung, Chincha Guluva, the only man in the world who has built the club, still owns the club and the only man in South Africa who has an institution like the village.
“I think that needs to be exposed to the rest of the world. The result, yes, but just the cloth that goes through that village.
“By the cloth I mean the people that work for him (Motaung), how they work for him and why they work for this team. And what the aim for this team is going forward for many generations to come.
“When I look and I compare examples, Al Ahly, when I look at the young players, they know the generations that won Ahly trophies.
“When I look at the young generations of Kaizer Chiefs, they don’t know the generations of (Patrick) Ace Ntsoelengoe and that is the cloth that has to go through this club that we know of,” he said.
