Orlando Pirates’ medical team has a new face. The Betway Premiership runners-up have hired a new biokineticist, Dylan Cox, from Sekhukhune United.
The club known as the Sea Robbers finally announced Abdeslam Ouaddou as the head coach to replace the legendary Jose Riveiro, who has joined Al Ahly.
To take care of players’ injury prevention, treatment and physical health, the club head-hunted Cox from Babina Noko.
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“Orlando Pirates have continued to boost their technical team with the addition of Sekhukhune United biokineticist Dylan Cox,” iDiski Times‘ Sinethemba Makonco reported.
“According to the information that has been received by this publication, Cox will travel with the Buccaneers to their preseason tour which will take place in Spain in the coming days,” Makonco added.
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According to the former Orlando Pirates coach, Benson Mhlongo, the 46-year-old Moroccan coach has shown potential to succeed in Soweto.
Additionally, Mhlongo believes that Dr Irvin Khoza is well-versed in finding new coaches for the club.
TRUST IN DR IRVIN KHOZA
“Dr. Irvin Khoza has always managed to come up with surprises over the years. I trust his judgement; they’ve been in this game for a long time,” Mhlongo told KickOff.
“It’s not for us to speculate. When they brought Jose Riveiro here, nobody knew about him, and look how well he did. Dr. Khoza has vast experience in bringing coaches here, so perhaps there’s something the chairman saw in the new coach.
“It was relatively easy for the chairman to make a decision on the new coach since he was already in the country. Maybe they appreciated what he did for Marumo Gallants last season.
“Dr. Irvin Khoza has always managed to come up with surprises over the years. I trust his judgement; they’ve been in this game for a long time,” Mhlongo told KickOff.
“It’s not for us to speculate. When they brought Jose Riveiro here, nobody knew about him, and look how well he did.
“Dr. Khoza has vast experience in bringing coaches here, so perhaps there’s something the chairman saw in the new coach,” the former Orlando Pirates skipper added.
“It was relatively easy for the chairman to make a decision on the new coach since he was already in the country. Maybe they appreciated what he did for Marumo Gallants last season.
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