Dikwena bid farewell to Johnson this month after opting against renewing his deal following the club’s inability to secure a top-eight finish in the recently-concluded Absa Premiership campaign.
Reports have now claimed that Butler will be the man to take up the hot seat, where his first task will be the CAF Confederation Cup clash against CS Sfaxien on June 20.
“Butler is coming to the Premier Soccer League to take charge of Platinum Stars,” AfricanFootball.com quote a source close to Dikwena as saying.
Stars will now a vast turnaround in fortunes if their continental campaign is to go further than the group stages, with the PSL side currently bottom of Group D after managing just one point from their opening three CAF Confederation Cup matches.