Nairobi City Stars midfield lynchpin Peter Pinchez Opiyo waxed lyrical about immediate former City Stars head coach Sanjin Alagic revealing that he draws comparisons to former Harambee Stars tactician Adel Amrouche.Sanjin stunned the football fraternity on Saturday after he announced his departure from City Stars ending his highly successful two-year stint at the club that saw them garner promotion as National Super League (NSL) champions.The controversial Amrouche is still one of the Harambee Stars managers who possess a high win percentage ratio during his one and a half year stint.NSL Champions ✅KPL Promotion ✅Survival in the KPL ✅THANK YOU SANJIN ALAGIC!#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/IAi5S3gO6y— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) July 18, 2021 Speaking to Mozzart Sport, Pinchez reserved praise for Sanjin noting that he is among the elite coaches who he has played under during his lengthy football career.“Sanjin ranks among the top managers I have played for because there are those that natured me when I was young and those that taught me proper football like Aleksei Yeryomenko, my former coach at FF Jaro in Sweden,”“He (Sanjin) is in the same calibre as Adel (Amrouche), if you see him he comes out as polite but if he starts praising you, you will feel like a lion, so I rank him among the top coaches,” said Pinchez.The 28-year-old has passed through the hands of a number of experienced coaches with his lengthy career seeing him grace the Indian, Finnish, Qatar and Turkmenistan leagues.FULLTIME IN RUARAKANCS 1️⃣ – 1️⃣ GOR#NCSGOR #COYSWN#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/HnivYQ5jpa— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) July 17, 2021 Pinchez was a regular in the National Team during Amrouche’s reign and lifted the 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup with the Belgian-born tactician.The former AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia midfielder also hailed Sanjin as a father figure in the team and hopes John Amboko can continue from where the Bosnian left from. “He had a very big impact, he was like a father to us, we respect him so much because he did a really good job, he has left his assistant in charge and we hope he can continue his legacy,” added Pinchez.
