Hugo Broos still waiting on meeting with PSL coaches

It’s not the first time the Belgian mentor brings this up, but yet there still appears to be no cooperation in arranging this meeting. 

Broos has been looking to meet with the local coaches since his appointment as Bafana coach in May 2021, however, he revealed that his request is still pending. 

"From when I arrived here – that's three years ago, I wanted to see the coaches. Three-and-a-half years later, I still haven't seen all the coaches," said a bemused Broos.

"It would be very good if one day that meeting could take place. I said it in the past, I made four attempts and four times it was swept away, so I will see.

"It's too busy of a programme at the moment, even for the clubs, to have this meeting, but maybe I will make another attempt in a few months when things are a little bit more calm."

The AFCON-winning mentor believes being on the same page with his club colleagues would also address the non-selection of key players like Teboho Mokoena, who is currently not playing at Mamelodi Sundowns.

"The relationships would be better too, and you can solve problems, such as the one with Khuliso [Mudau] and Teboho [Mokoena], by calling the coach and asking him why and how, to understand why he's doing such things," he added.

"So let's hope that, in the end, we can organise such a meeting. I can't tell a coach of a club, 'You have to put them [on the field],' but I can – if I talk with him – better understand why he's doing it, and that's the big difference.

"Now I only read what the coach is saying in the papers, and maybe – because we all know – sometimes, as a coach, you don't say things as they are to the media, and that can be. It's true, I do it too. 

"So, it would then be better if you can speak man-to-man with a colleague, or during a meeting with all the other coaches – you don't have to do it in front of them, but I can say, 'Hey, what's happening there with Khuliso, why, why? That can help a lot."

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