The Felton Kamambo-led ZIFA board is in talks with former Warriors captain Norman Mapeza for the vacant national team coach job.
ZIFA gave in to mounting pressure from football stakeholders yesterday and wielded the axe on under-fire coach Zdravko Logarusic, who had won only one game in the 14 games he took charge of.
A well-placed source at the country’s football governing board this morning reported that Mapeza, who is the current FC Platinum coach, is the priority, and he has been approached.
“The board is in consensus that Norman Mapeza is the first option for the now vacant head coach post. He has been approached, but its not just about us wanting him, he has to be interested as well, so we will see how it goes,” the source said.
“We will see if he can be persuaded,” he added.
Mapeza is still owed money from his previous stints at the helm of the Warriors and that will be a decisive factor in the task of convincing him to take the biggest coaching job in the country.
This comes after the national team parted ways with its coach, Zdravko Logarusic, on Sunday after a string of poor results.
Meanwhile, warriors will travel to Ghana on 6 October before hosting the Black Stars in Harare four days later.
Source soccer 24
