Mosimane arrives in Saudi Arabia minus fitness coach Rangoaga

Coach Pitso Mosimane reportedly arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday minus fitness coach Kabelo Rangoaga.

Mosimane’s new employers Al Ahli Saudi FC have confirmed that Rangonga is currently preoccupied.

The South African fitness coach is reportedly attending a CAF course in Morocco.

“It was decided that the fitness coach of the South African first-team football team, Kabelo Rangoaga, will arrive in Jeddah after completing the previously scheduled workshops of the Confederation of African Football,” Al Ahli says in a statement.

RANGOAGA EXPECTED IN SAUDI ARABIA AFTER 10 DAYS

Al Ahli have since reported that Rangoaga is expected to fly to Saudi Arabia in the next 10 days when he is done with the workshop.

Mosimane arrived in Jeddan on Monday alongside his agent Moira plus his trusted backroom team of analysts Musi Matlaba and Kyle Solomon.

TRUSTED CREW FROM SUNDOWNS DAYS

Mosimane worked with the backroom crew at Mamelodi Sundowns until the year 2020 when he quit.

He took the backroom team with him to Al Ahly.
Now the former Sundowns coach Mosimane is back in the dug out after a three-month sabbatical.

He resigned from Al Ahly in Egypt in June this year.

Mosimane left due to growing pressure, which he felt was unjustified considering his performance.

The 57-year-old left Egypt after having won the CAF Champions League twice plus a similar number of FIFA Club World Cup bronze medals.

Mosimane also delivered the Egyptian Super Cup, Egyptian Cup and the Premier League title.

The SA coach spent 21 months at Ahly, becoming the first black African coach to manage the Club of the Century.

Mosimane was, after his exit from Al Ahly, linked with several high-profile clubs and national teams.

However, the former Bafana Bafana mentor insisted that he was waiting for a right project.

He now believes Al Ahli presents him the opportunity for that right project.

He has been tasked with securing Al Ahli promotion back to the Saudi Arabia Pro League.

Al Ahli were relegated last season in what came as a shock.