Sources close to Nasreddine Nabi have revealed the coach's disappointment of losing out on the Kaizer Chiefs head coach role despite nearly a month of negotiations with the club.
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Chiefs landed a bombshell on Wednesday when they announced that Head of Technical Molefi Ntseki would be assuming the role of head coach ahead of the 2023/24 season.
This is after the club had spent close to three weeks in negotiation with Tunisian coach Nabi.
Talks between Chiefs and Nabi were understood to be at an advanced stage, with the coach deciding against taking his intended sabbatical, in addition to turning down a bumper new contract from Young Africans to focus on his mooted deal with the Glamour Boys.
However, in a shock twist of events, talks between Nabi's camp and Chiefs, according to Siya sources, first stalled before eventually breaking down completely.
According to sources close to the situation, the impasse came as a result of who the 58-year-old's technical team would be.
Nabi was keen on bringing his own technical team to Naturena; however, Chiefs were adamant that he makes use of a local technical team, which included current head coach Arthur Zwane in whom the club have heavily invested.
With no agreement between the two parties, Chiefs opted for an internal solution in Ntseki, leaving Nabi without a club though he is not short of any suitors, but he was left disappointed in the way the situation was handled.
"They refused to hire his staff and wanted to hire hometown staff with Arthur Zwane remaining, so he refused. He is very disappointed to negotiate with them for that long a time," the source informed the crew.
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