Sundowns in a good place says Berg as Zambia’s Mweene promoted in new regime
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Mamelodi Sundowns are in a much better place than they were in five months ago says Sporting Director Flemming Berg, despite the surprise sacking of Manqoba Mngqithi.
Mngqithi and his assistants were given the boot earlier in the week and replaced by Portuguese journeyman Miguel Cardoso. Commenting on the decision to let Mngqithi go, Berg said: “I don’t see it like that because we are, in my humble opinion, in a much better place now than we were five months ago.
“I don’t consider the past few months, and the journey that we have had as a failure at all.
“When it comes to responsibilities in this club, it is a collective effort.
“We bring a lot of different knowledge, opinions and recommendations to the table. And the general decisions of this magnitude are taken by the board. That’s what the club does, and I know there have been talks about me doing this and doing that.
“But it doesn’t work like that in this club. The club is much better than that, so I take all the responsibilities that I can, but the most important thing for me to say is that I would not buy the narrative of failure … not at all.
“The investments have to happen before they start going down. I will give a lot of credit to the coaching team that was here before because we are in a significantly better place, I’m sure about that.”
Berg went on to say that Cardoso’s mandate was clear – he was expected to deliver victories. “The mandate for any head coach of Sundowns is very clear, it’s to win every competition we participate in.
“If that’s the possibility for the Club World Cup, I will let other people make that valuation but, in general, that’s the mandate for all head coaches at the club — and for coach Miguel.”
Cardoso will be supported by veteran coaches Steve Komphela and former Zambian international Kennedy Mweene, both of whom were part of the set-up under Mngqithi.
For Mweene in particular the arrival of Cardoso heralds a big step forward in his coaching career as he is essentially promoted to head goalkeeper coach after previously acting as assistant to Wendell Robinson.
Mweene, who began his playing career at Lusaka Dynamos and Kitwe United moved to South Africa in 2005 to play for Bloemfontein Celtic. After eight years and 191 appearances for Celtic he joined Sundowns where he played a further 88 games.
With 122 caps for Zambia Mweene is an experienced keeper, now looking to building a coaching career. With a senior role at one of Africa’s top teams fortune is certainly shining on him.
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Sundowns in a good place says Berg as Zambia’s Mweene promoted in new regime
Mamelodi Sundowns are in a much better place than they were in five months ago says Sporting Director Flemming Berg, despite the surprise sacking of Manqoba Mngqithi.
Mngqithi and his assistants were given the boot earlier in the week and replaced by Portuguese journeyman Miguel Cardoso. Commenting on the decision to let Mngqithi go, Berg said: “I don’t see it like that because we are, in my humble opinion, in a much better place now than we were five months ago.
“I don’t consider the past few months, and the journey that we have had as a failure at all.
“When it comes to responsibilities in this club, it is a collective effort.
“We bring a lot of different knowledge, opinions and recommendations to the table. And the general decisions of this magnitude are taken by the board. That’s what the club does, and I know there have been talks about me doing this and doing that.
“But it doesn’t work like that in this club. The club is much better than that, so I take all the responsibilities that I can, but the most important thing for me to say is that I would not buy the narrative of failure … not at all.
“The investments have to happen before they start going down. I will give a lot of credit to the coaching team that was here before because we are in a significantly better place, I’m sure about that.”
Berg went on to say that Cardoso’s mandate was clear – he was expected to deliver victories. “The mandate for any head coach of Sundowns is very clear, it’s to win every competition we participate in.
“If that’s the possibility for the Club World Cup, I will let other people make that valuation but, in general, that’s the mandate for all head coaches at the club — and for coach Miguel.”
Cardoso will be supported by veteran coaches Steve Komphela and former Zambian international Kennedy Mweene, both of whom were part of the set-up under Mngqithi.
For Mweene in particular the arrival of Cardoso heralds a big step forward in his coaching career as he is essentially promoted to head goalkeeper coach after previously acting as assistant to Wendell Robinson.
Mweene, who began his playing career at Lusaka Dynamos and Kitwe United moved to South Africa in 2005 to play for Bloemfontein Celtic. After eight years and 191 appearances for Celtic he joined Sundowns where he played a further 88 games.
With 122 caps for Zambia Mweene is an experienced keeper, now looking to building a coaching career. With a senior role at one of Africa’s top teams fortune is certainly shining on him.