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Stuart Baxter wants Mark Fish to join Bafana Bafana technical team for Afcon 2019

South Africa head coach Stuart Baxter has admitted that he is keen to work with Mark Fish in the national team.

The English tactician hopes the legendary Bafana Bafana defender joins his technical team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals due to Quinton Fortune's unavailability.

Baxter has been working with SA U17 head coach Molefi Ntseki as his assistant.

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"We’re talking about the actual coaching‚ and with the loading‚ we [Baxter and Ntseki] can manage that‚" Baxter told the media.

Fortune worked with Baxter during Bafana's 2019 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign in 2017.