Chippa chops Masutha, set to hire Larsen as coach
STOKE CITY have appointed Luton Town coach Nathan Jones as their new manager after the sacking of Gary Rowett, the Championship club said yesterday.
Jones led Luton to promotion from the fourth division last season and the club are in the hunt to go up again this year, sitting second in League One.
The 45-year-old Welshman will take over from Rowett, who was dismissed on Tuesday after a run of one win in six matches across all competitions for the club relegated from the Premier League last season.
“Nathan is an incredibly driven and passionate individual and we are delighted to have secured his services for Stoke City,” Stoke owners John Coates and Peter Coates said.
“We have been following Nathan’s career for sometime and when we met him, were hugely impressed with his clear vision as to how he will achieve success at Stoke.” | THE REVOLVING door that is the Chippa United managerial hot-seat has spat out its latest victim, with caretaker head coach Joel Masutha reportedly set to be replaced by Clinton Larsen.
Former Black Leopards coach Masutha only arrived at Chippa at the start of last month and has been in charge for five matches, the first two of which ended in draws, while the last three games were defeats.
The latest setback came on Tuesday night, when the Chilli Boys put up a spirited performance against Orlando Pirates in Soweto, but went down 4-2, leaving them in the relegation zone.
While Chippa United boss Chippa Mpengesi is notoriously trigger-happy when it comes to giving his coaches the axe, the club’s new chief executive Morgan Mammila (who only joined last week from Baroka FC), has admitted he was behind Masutha’s dismissal.
The club are expected to announce that it will be Larsen, who made way for Steve Komphela at Golden Arrows two days after Christmas, who will take on what must be South African football’s most unstable job.
Former Bafana Bafana player Larsen will become the fourth man in charge of Chippa this season, following Masutha, Eric Tinkler, and Dan Malesela.
Going back six years to January 2013, when William Mugeyi was given the job, the Eastern Cape side have since had 15 coaching changes: Mark Harrison, Ian Palmer, Vladislav Heric, Kosta Papic, Roger Sikhakhane, Ernst Middendorp, Mich d’Avray, Velile Dyaloyi, Dan Malesela, Teboho Moloi, Heric, Malesela, Tinkler, Masutha and now Larsen. – African News Agency (ANA)