Rulani Mokwena © Getty Pictures
Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates coach Rulani Mokwena has left his Moroccan membership Wydad Casablance after a run of disappointing outcomes for the previous African champions.
It ends a nine-month journey in North Africa for the 38-year-old coach, who was fired by Mamelodi Sundowns on the finish of final season regardless of main them to the Betway Premiership and taking the membership to the Nedbank Cup ultimate and semifinals of the African Champions League.
Mokwena’s departure from Wydad has not but been introduced by the membership however confirmed on Friday by Morocco’s sports activities newspaper Al Mountakhab.
Mokwena had a contract till 2027 however earlier within the month introduced he can be leaving on the finish of the season.
However his departure was hastened after a run of six successive attracts within the Botola Professional League left Wydad six factors adrift of second-placed Royal Armed Forces within the race for Champions League locations subsequent season. They had been additionally bundled out of the Throne Cup within the last-16 by Mohgreb Tetotuan.
Mokwena’s departure means he misses out on taking the Moroccan outfit to the Membership World Cup in the US in June, the place he would have come up in opposition to his idol Pep Guardiola of Manchester Metropolis.
