Mamelodi Sundowns Sporting Director, Flemming Berg, has expressed optimism about the club’s direction, despite a tumultuous period.
The Brazilians have undergone significant changes since July, parting ways with Rulani Mokwena, Manqoba Mngqithi, and Romain Folz. Miguel Cardoso was recently appointed as the club’s new head coach.
Despite the managerial upheaval, Berg believes the club is in a stronger position than it was five months ago. He emphasized the collective effort involved in decision-making and dismissed notions of failure.
“I don’t see it like that because we are, in my humble opinion, in a much better place now than we were five months ago. I don’t consider the past few months and the journey that we have had as a failure at all,” he stated.
“When it comes to responsibilities in this club, it is a collective effort. We bring a lot of different knowledge, opinions, and recommendations to the table. And the general decisions of this magnitude are taken by the board. That’s what the club does, and I know there have been talks about me doing this and doing that.
“But it doesn’t work like that in this club. The club is much better than that, so I take all the responsibilities that I can, but the most important thing for me to say is that I would not buy the narrative of failure, not at all, as it was said,” he added.
The Sporting Director acknowledged the high expectations placed on the club’s head coaches, including Cardoso. “The investments have to happen before they start going down. I will give a lot of credit to the coaching team that was here before because we’re are in a significantly better place, I’m sure about that.
“The mandate for any head coach of Sundowns is very clear, it’s to win every competition we participate in,” he continued.
“If that’s the possibility for the [Fifa] Club World Cup, I will let other people make that evaluation but, in general, that’s the mandate for all head coaches at the club; and for coach Miguel.”