It is because he is from Brazil where Football is not just, a game or because he actually knows football? Coach Robert Oliveira Goncalves do Carmo from Braziln is now favourite to be named Gor Mahia coach, According to reports.
The Kenyan champions suffered a setback on Thursday when English coach Dylan Kerr resigned with immediate effect, barely three weeks to the start of the 2018/2019 Kenyan Premier League season.
Besides Oliviera, it is understood that Gor Mahia are also looking at Kerr’s compatriot Jamie Day, who currently handles the Bangladesh national team.
Other candidates include, Luc Eymael, who recently quit top South African club Free State Stars, has also been mentioned even though the Belgian trainer was recently quoted as saying K’Ogalo might not be able to afford him.
Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno, who served as Kerr’s assistant last season, is also in the frame albeit as a rank outsider.
Zico is expected to hold brief as head coach in the meantime and could even handle the team in the opening match of the Caf Africa Champions League against Malawians Nyasa Bullets in Nairobi on November 27.
Gor Mahia FC captain Harun Shakava says he had no idea that Dylan Kerr was on the move following the Englishman’s bombshell resignation as the club’s head coach.
Kerr’s resignation came a before a decisive opening week of December where Gor are scheduled to play Kariobangi Sharks in the Super Cup, before travelling to Malawi for their CAF assignment against Nyasa Big Bullets.
They will also return to kick-off their Kenyan Premier League (KPL) title defence against Bandari FC in Mombasa on December 8. All the best to Kogalo in finding are new coach.