Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi said he had turned down an offer to coach Tunisia’s national team after consultation with the Kaizer Chiefs management in the last weeks.
Tunisia, who resume their World Cup qualifying campaign in March at the top of the group, have been without a coach since firing veteran Faouzi Benzerti after losing to the Comoros Islands in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Their last two group matches in November, where Tunisia ensured qualification for the finals in Morocco, they had caretaker coach Kais Yaâkoubi in charge.
“I'd like to say thank you to Dr Kaizer Motaung, to Kaizer Junior and to Bobby Motaung. and the team management. I had been offered an opportunity to go coach my country, and we have sat together and we have decided that I'm going to pass on this big opportunity to coach my mother country, because I feel as well, it's an honour to be to be here, and I say thank you to everyone, to the management,” Nabi told reporters after Chiefs beat Stellenbosch 1-0 in the Betway Premiership on Friday.
Tunisia have also approached former South Africa coach Carlos Queiroz to take over as national coach ahead of March’s matches against Liberia (away) and home to Malawi.
The north Africans, who have qualified for six previous World Cups, lead Group H by two points from Namibia with six matches still to play.