Magesi FC head coach Clinton Larsen has hit back on PSL club owners who had lost trust in him as a coach.
Between 2021 and 2023, Larsen found himself coaching Summerfield Dynamos in the ABC Motsepe League [third-tier] in KwaZulu-Natal.
He joined Magesi at the beginning of the previous year. He promoted them to the Betway Premiership at the end of the previous season.
Larsen addressed the media after guiding his side to Carling Knockout Cup success, defeating Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 in the final.
He mentioned that he believes many football club owners thought he was not “good enough”.
‘PSL BOSSES FELT THIS COACH IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH’
“Yeah, it depends who you ask if I was written off. I mean, Summerfield didn't write me off. I didn't have the opportunity,” said Larsen.
“Maybe you took him premier league. You know, sometimes as a coach when you're involved in, you're at a club and it gets relegated, somehow people lose faith in your ability as a coach. And I went to a Polokwane City team.
“The day I arrived, they had just lost 10 games in a row. 10 games. So from 30 points, they had got zero.
“And we went into a bubble. And it was a very complicated bubble for Polokwane City. And yeah, things didn't work out.
“The club got relegated. And probably some PSL bosses felt this coach is not good enough. And that's how things fanned out.
“Three seasons, I was out of the league. But I still worked in the ABC [Motsepe League], joined Magesi in the NFD. And now I'm trying to survive one more time in the PSL.”
