Having been away from top-flight football for six years, new Royal AM coach Khabo Zondo is proud that the club headhunted him.
Royal sprung a surprise when they confirmed the almost forgotten Zondo as their new coach last Friday, having been linked to coaches like Gavin Hunt, Dan Malesela and Cavin Johnson among others. Zondo was last attached to a club in 2016 when he was training Royal Eagles, an outfit that was co-owned by his current employer Shauwn Mkhize and her then husband S'bu Mpisane.tombstones business. I am extremely excited that I have been given this challenge again to coach a top-flight side.
During his days at Golden Arrows between 2005 and 2007, Zondo was admired for his enterprising brand of football. He vows his philosophy hasn't changed, singling out Kabelo Mahlasela as a player who'll be instrumental in how Royal will play under him. From 2013 until 2020, when the programme was discontinued, Zondo was one of the Nedbank Ke Yona coaches.
"Nothing has changed with regard to my feelings about the game. I would love to see a team that attacks without fear. We want to be a team that will score a lot of goals. Looking at what we have, a player like Mahlasela will be crucial in that style of play because I am looking at players who can take on defenders and all that,'' Zondo explained.
So far, Thwihli Thwahla have signed strikers Samir Nurkovic, Ruzaigh Gamildien and Andre de Jongh, alongside winger Khethukuthula Ndlovu. "We have a balanced team but we'll continue to monitor the market to see if we can add a few new faces, especially because we'll be playing the [CAF] Confederation Cup as well,'' noted the 60-year-old Zondo, who has 52 Premiership matches under his belt as a mentor.
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