Wydad Casablanca president Hicham Ait Menna has revealed that new coach Rulani Mokwena was warned not to take the job in Morocco.
The 38-year-old was officially unveiled as the Wydad coach on Thursday evening, just a couple weeks after parting ways with Mamelodi Sundowns.
Ait Menna says Mokwena did not take the financial side into his decision-making and reveals there was some difficulties getting him to Morocco.
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"True.. He did not take financial matters into account," the president said in an interview with Kooora.
"Wydad has always been a goal for him. He faced it many times in the past, and he was attached to its supporters.
"It was necessary to present some ideas between us and agreement happened later, albeit with some difficulties.
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When asked about the difficulties, he added, "Like he received warnings not to coach Wydad. They told him that the club was going through a difficult and difficult situation, but he endured, resisted and took on the challenge.
"The financial obsession was not among his goals at all. He has an overwhelming ambition to attend the Club World Cup and Wydad is his gateway to achieving the dream."