Kaizer Chiefs latest | Baxter set for sensational return to replace Hunt!

Former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter is set to make a sensational return to Naturena to replace Gavin Hunt.

According to iDiski Times, the Amakhosi management has seen enough of Hunt to conclude that he’s not the right man to bring back the old glory days.

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In his first season in charge of Chiefs, Hunt has found himself having to deal with the pressure from a section of disgruntled club fans and management.

His players haven’t really pulled in his direction either making life very difficult for him, especially in domestic competitions.

And it is for this reason Chiefs find themselves in 10th position on the PSL log, and worse, five points above the relegation zone.

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Chiefs face the possibility of finishing outside the top right for the second time in three years, and almost every fan blames Hunt, his tactics and his man-management skills.

The only positive Chiefs and Hunt can take from the current campaign is reaching the group stages and the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League; a huge success in the history of the club in the competition. 

A number of high-profile players at Chiefs haven’t really done well for the club this season, and they have often forced Hunt to chop and change his starting line-ups.

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In Hunt’s defence, other fans believe Amakhosi’s inability to reinforce their squad for two transfer windows due to the transfer ban, had a huge impact on the team’s below-par performances this season.

And whether or not Baxter would have done better with the current Chiefs squad is a topic for another day.

Baxter is the last coach to win the league title with Chiefs, and that was in 2015 before he requested to be released to coach in Turkey.

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The 67-year-old mentor was recently contracted to Indian club Odisha FC but his reckless rape comment saw him lose his job at the start of 2021.