Broos wants Mkhalele to continue his legacy

HUGO Broos has put his head on the block and named the person he believes should succeed him as the Bafana Bafana coach after the 2026 Fifa World Cup in North America.

- MIHLALI BALEKA

Broos has been the apple of many eyes in South African football over the last few days. He led the team to the global showpiece for the first time since the 2002 edition, having only qualified as hosts in 2010.

The event, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will not only mark a full circle for the Belgian, who competed in the 1986 World Cup with his native country in Mexico, but it will also be his last major tournament as a coach, as he'll call time on his career.

Broos' career, which includes winning the 2017 AFCON with Cameroon and guiding Bafana to a podium finish in the most recent continental showpiece for the first time in more than two decades, is expected to leave big shoes to fill at Bafana, given his success and the way he has endeared himself to many in recent years.

The 73-year-old, however, knows that life must go on without him. Speaking during a roundtable with journalists invited by Safa's media team at their headquarters yesterday, he revealed whom he believes should succeed him.