Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has indicated that he still has to sit with the club management to discuss his future despite winning a treble.
The Moroccan coach led the Buccaneers to three trophies this season becoming the club’s first coach to win a treble in his first season.
After Pirates’ 2-0 win over Orbit College on Saturday in Mbombela, Ouaddou confirmed that he would sit down with the management to discuss what happens next season.
“I work with passion, I work with love and it’s difficult to lead such a big team like Orlando Pirates. It was a very difficult season and I’m tired, I’m very very tired,” he told SABC Sport.
“To be able to lead such a ship you need to be. I will sit and I will think – sit down with my management as well. I’m tired, we’ll speak about next season, about what can happen.
“I need energy, I need power. Without energy. It will be difficult to continue. We will sit. I’m speaking with emtions. It was a long season with lots of pressure. And we’ll speak, we will see.”
Ouaddou secured treble for Pirates but…
Despite winning the league, Ouaddou’s future at the club remains uncertain.
He wouldn’t be the first coach at the club to be shown the door after winning a treble. In 2011, the Buccaneers secured their first ever treble under Dutch coach Ruud Krol but the club did not renew his contract at the end of that season and was replaced by Julio Leal.
Ouaddou has done well for Pirates in his first season in charge and will likely keep his job next season. Failure to win the league would have forced him to step down.