Will Sundowns be made in Mokwena's image next season?

In modern football, coaches have become more of managers than just trainers and tacticians, something that has been happening in the English Premier League for a long time.

Technical teams are getting bigger, and the demands on coaches have never been bigger.

In that case, it is imperative that a coach surrounds himself with staff members he can trust within his technical team, hence we see top coaches like Pitso Mosimane moving around with their own staff members.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach, Rulani Mokwena, is a proponent of modern trends in football, and if he is to succeed in turning the team into a dominant force in Africa, the work environment needs to be conducive to his ideas.

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This means having a say on who sits next to him on the bench, who should be on his extended technical team, the comings and goings of the playing personnel, and that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Mokwena's agent, Steve Kapeluschik, hinted that would be an ideal situation for his client at Sundowns.

"I believe the modern game calls for a coach who is hands-on. The coach should be given a level of trust to make big decisions, of course, with the club’s approval. A few things have changed recently, but it’s clearly nothing the coach can’t handle,” said Kapeluschik as quoted by SABC Sport. https://www.sabcsport.com/soccer/news/agent-confirms-rulani-mokwena-interest-but-mamelodi-sundowns-talks-continue

Mokwena has already shown that Sundowns might be taking a slightly different direction under his reign.

The Brazilians are playing more cutting edge football, and introducing more youngsters to the team.

There has also been some interesting additions to their technical team.

Which leaves the question, is Sundowns going to be made in Mokwena's image next season?

Are we going to see more technical team members moving elsewhere, as well as a few players to open spaces for recruits who fit Mokwena's vision?

That remains to be seen.