Former Mamelodi Sundowns legend Ernest Mtawali is set to add another feather to his coaching cap as he is scheduled to attend an international Uefa ‘A’ licence course at Lilleshall in England from August 16.
Mtawali, who is Malawi’s national Under-20 team coach, has been earmarked to attend the course alongside another up-and-coming Malawian coach McDonald Mtetemera, who was an assistant to former Flames English coach, Stephen Constantine.
“Mtawali has shown a lot of promise during his short spell with the Under-20’s and we want to groom him so that we can have a pool of highly qualified coaches,” says Football Association of Malawi (FAM) administration manager Suzgo Nyirenda.
But Malawi FA’s choice of Mtawali has sparked some controversy with national women football trainer Thom Mkorongo claiming that he was the right man to travel to UK for the course.
Mkorongo argues that England FA instructors recommended him for the ‘A’ licence course alongside Blackpool FC coach Trevor Kajawa after they both emerged on top during an international preliminary course held in Malawi last year.
But FAM chief executive officer Charles Nyirenda has hit back at Mkorongo, saying it is the association which chooses candidates for training basing on several factors, “hence Mtawali qualifies for the UK training and Mkorongo should be patient.”
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