England based Irfan Kawri is set to return to the Chipolopolo bench for this month’s back to back 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo.
Irfan, who had a three weeks stint with the CHAN Squad prior to the tournament in Rwanda cut short due to a personal matter and had to return to England is expected to be George Lwandamina’s assistant as Zambia play Congo Brazaville twice in 5 days.
“Though it’s not yet official, we believe FAZ will announce in the coming days that Irfan is coming back,” a ZamFoot Crew source said.
Irfan will join Kampamba Chintu on the technical bench as one of the two assistant coaches.
In his spell before the CHAN tournament, watching from the terraces, Irfan drilled the Chipolopolo Boys in the first few days but Lwandamina took over the show later on.
Zambia will host Congo on the 23rd March at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium at 18:00 hours before another battle in Brazaville five days later in Brazaville.