Government installed Football Kenya Federation Caretaker Committee is seriously considering Belgian Adel Amrouche and Portuguese Manuel Vaz Pinto for the vacant Harambee Stars head coach role, Mozzart Sport can exclusively report.The position fell vacant following the expiry of Engin Firat’s ridiculous two-month handed by then Nick Mwendwa-led federation.The Caretaker Committee was initially keen on having a sit down with Firat with a view to hand him an extension as the tactician expressed interest in longer term role as national team coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_6069275##That failed to happen and the tactician quietly left the country prompting the Caretaker Committee to look at different options and two front runners for the job are people familiar with Kenyan football.Amrouche was the Kenya coach between 2013 and 2014. He won Kenya the 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge trophy before he got dismissed in 2014. His dismissal ended up costing Kenya over 100 million in compensation, his dues were fully settled this year and the file was eventually closed by FIFA. Until June, he was the head coach of the Botswana national team.Muungano dhabiti:Makocha wa zamani wa Harambee Stars watoa mafunzo MombasaMohammed Kheri, Twahir Muhidin, Ghost Mulee, Adel Amrouche washiriki#CitizenNipashe@RashidAbdalla pic.twitter.com/NpQvimZ0Ko— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 24, 2021 Pinto on the other hand is the assistant coach at Portuguese second-tier side, CD Nacional. He was in charge of Gor Mahia between January and July 2021 and won the FA Cup title with the team.”These are the names that have been suggested. Both are coaches with great abilities who if handed the mantle at the national team will do a good job. However, nothing has been discussed at this stage, these are just names fronted by members of the committee. when the right time to discuss the issue of coaching in the National team comes, we will have a clearer way forward, “a source told Mozzart Sport.Fortunately Stars have no assignment coming in the next few months. The main issue is with Harambee Starlets who have Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification matches against Uganda scheduled for February. It is not yet clear whether Charles Okere will continue to lead the team. Kenya saw off South Sudan in the initial qualifying round.
