Bizana Pondo Chiefs Splashes Cash and Appoints New Head Coach, Clinton Larsen
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs have appointed Clinton Larsen as head coach in a desperate effort to avoid relegation
- The last time Larsen had a coaching gig was in 2020 after he left Polokwane City
- Larsen has replaced Julius Dube, Dube was working in a caretaker capacity
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In an effort to stay ahead of the competition by appointing a new head coach. They Bizana Pondo Chiefs have dug deep in their pockets and hired Clinton Larsen on as head coach.
With the threat of relegation breathing down their necks, the Chiefs bit the bullet and had to remove Julius Dube who was keeping Larsen's seat warm.
Dube had taken charge after Tshepo Motsoeneng was fired. This would be Larsen's first gig since he left the hot seat at Polokwane City in 2020.
Source: Twitter
Social media users took to the internet to react to the news of the new appointment:
@GingerPepsi_Dee:
"Bizana Pondo Chiefs Fc has appointed Clinton Larsen as the head coach of the team, due to the experience he has in the South African football. He will be coaching until the end season."
@Boromo_M:
"LARSEN TAKES OVER!!
Clinton Larsen has been appointed as the new Head Coach for Bizana Pondo Chiefs, He replaces Julius Dube.
Larsen will lead the club until the end of the season. He is the third coached to be hired this season, on their first season in #GladAfricaChampionship"
@UrbanWarriorSA:
"@PondoChiefs has officially parted ways with former Caretaker Coach Mr Julius Dube and appointed Mr Clinton Larsen who will take over as head coach with immediate effect until the end of the season.#GladAfricaChampionship"
@sherrif295:
"Hawu refused to coach Plk City after relegation but now he agrees to coach relegation-threatened BP Chiefs. Or is #Clinton Larsen specializing in relegating teams?"
Earlier, Briefly.co.za reported that Kwesta is a proud Kaizer Chiefs supporter. The rapper took to social media to celebrate his team's win against Orlando Pirates on Sunday, 21 March.
Kwesta told his fans that he had been waiting for a long time to post something positive about Amakhosi. So when they beat Pirates 1 - 0 at the weekend, he took to Twitter to post about his favourite Mzansi soccer team.
Chiefs won the game through Samir Nurkovic's superb goal. Amakhosi fans took to social media to brag about the game after it ended. Kwesta also took to the platform to post about his team.
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