The move away from the PSL by South African coaches is not good for South African football - Manqoba Mngqithi

South African football faces loss of football quality as it keeps on losing its coaches to foreign teams.

Eric Tinkler just joined Ghana side Asante Kotoko, Rulani Mokwena is also new coach at Egyptian side Pyramids and most recently Manqoba Mngqithi move to Tanzania's Young Africans.

This, according to Mngqithi, is not good for the future of SA football.

"I think it’s good for us as individuals, but I don’t think it’s very good for South African football because a lot of prominent coaches are moving away from the league,” said Mngqithi iDiski Times.

“You start to wonder what is going to happen in the next few years, because it is also important that we must also look at ourselves – our local league. But if our local league has to depend on foreign coaches, because most home- bred coaches are leaving, then I don’t think it’s the best thing.

“For me as an individual coach, though, it’s always an opportunity to see what happens out there; to be part of another debut that I have always cherished from a distance. It’s also a chance to see ourselves in the Champions League, because in South Africa there are only two opportunities to be in the Champions League.

“It’s mainly Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates. And if you have that adrenaline and that rush in the Champions League, it’s always nice to try and get yourself there.”