Nasreddine Nabi: This is why I’m leaving Kaizer Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has explained why he has opted to end his stint with the Soweto giants.

Nabi has reportedly agreed to part ways with Chiefs just one month into his second season at the club at a time when his side have remarkably improved as they sit third on the log after four wins, a loss and defeat, in their first six matches.

Different versions of the story have been given over why Nabi is leaving Chiefs but according to the coach, it has nothing to do with lack of a requisite coaching license to lead the club in the CAF Confederation Cup.

Nabi gets candid over Kaizer Chiefs departure

“My separation from Kaizer Chiefs was a mutual agreement with the club's management, following a successful and challenging experience. Currently, I need some time to rest, focus more on my family, and monitor my wife's health, which has required me to be by her side over the past period,” Nabi told North African outlet WinWin, as quoted by Soccer Laduma.

The Chiefs tactician was referring to his wife’s health situation after she was involved in an accident last month that saw him granted compassionate leave just before the season started.

Nabi had been absent for Chiefs’ first three games but was back in time for the clash against Mamelodi Sundowns but after three games, he is off again, but this time, permanently.

The 60-year-old Tunisian also revealed that he has received offers from other clubs with one of them from a leading side in his country Etoile Sportive du Sahel who are ready to offer him an immediate return to the dugout but he is not interested in coaching at the moment.

Tunisian coach reveals offers from other clubs

“Indeed, several major African and Arab clubs have contacted me, but I will not enter into any negotiations at this time, as my priority is to take a temporary break and get some rest,” added Nabi.

“It's true. There have been contacts from parties within the Etoile Sportive du Sahel management, and I appreciate this great club and its large fanbase but I don't want to undertake a coaching experience in Tunisia at the moment. Etoile Sportive du Sahel is a well-established club and I respect it greatly, but the timing isn't right for me.”

News of Nabi’s departure came just a day after losing his first match of the season, a 3-1 defeat to Sekhukhune United on Tuesday, and the former Yanga and AS FAR coach leaves after managing 39 games, winning 16, drawing nine and losing 14 in all competitions, while he won the Nedbank Cup to qualify for this season’s Confederation Cup.