Amakhosi ended the season in disappointing fashion with a 2-0 defeat to relegated Cape Town Spurs in May. The loss saw them end 10th on the DStv Premiership log table, their lowest finish in the PSL era. Unsurprisingly, massive efforts have been made by the club’s hierarchy to recruit long-time target Nasreddine Nabi and those efforts have yielded results, with the 2022/23 CAF Confederations Cup winner’s announcement as Chiefs head coach imminent.
| Nabi is expected to travel to South Africa after FAR Rabats' Throne Cup campaign, where they face MAS Fes in the semi-final on Sunday. His assistant coach, Fernando da Cruz is expected to land on South African shores a week earlier. The 58-year-old, and his technical team, will have to address several factors with urgency if they hope to the Soweto giants into a competitive force.
At the top of the list of areas to be addressed is Amakhosi’s goal-scoring crisis that saw them score just 25 goals in 30 league matches last season. For context, league winners scored 54 while second-placed Orlando Pirates scored 44 in the same period. The disappointment has been largely been from the strikers; new signing Ranga Chivaviro could only manage four goals in his 24 appearances, as did Christian Saile.
Jason Gonzalez is set to leave without ever finding the back of the net in his 13 appearances, with Ashley du Preez providing the only respectable contribution of six goals. Other noteworthy goal contributions came from Pule Mmodi and Eds.