PITSO COULD HAVE GONE TO EUROPE Neil Tovey Former Bafana Bafana Captain

Since departing Cairo's Al Ahly in mid-June, Pitso Mosimane has been involved with a continental coaching mentorship programme. It's wonderful that the man nicknamed 'Jingles' is giving back to the game, because player development is vital for a healthy football future.

The 58-year-old coach certainly wasn't short of offers when he decided to return to the cauldron of top-level coaching and eventually chose Al-Ahli Saudi in the Middle East.

Mosimane, who is a trendsetter and became the first South African to coach in North Africa, had also been linked to a role at Bournemouth FC in the English Premier League.

At that stage, if you had asked me if the next step in his career could be a move to Europe, my answer would be: "Why not?"