The decision to sack the German came just days after Chiefs meekly surrendered the league title to rivals Mamelodi Sundowns after leading the standings for almost a year.
“We truly believed and hoped that our 50th anniversary year would be better‚ and it indeed looked promising. Middendorp joined the club in December 2018 and led the side to ninth position on the Absa Premiership table a few months later. Motaung revealed at the time that he was struggling to recover from the humiliation of losing a major cup final to a lower tier club they were heavily favoured to brush aside.
“However‚ when the league restarted post-lockdown‚ things changed‚ and we looked a totally different side in our last eight league matches.
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