South Africa’s veteran coach Jomo Sono has said no one has approached him to consider taking up the vacant coaching job for Bafana Bafana.

Sono, who coached the team in the late 1990s, told Kick-Off he would only consider vying for the job again if approached.

“I don’t know; I will cross the bridge when I get to it.” Sono replied to KickOff.com.

“I will only give a proper answer once I’m approached, at the moment no one has approached me. I did it in 1996 (AFCON) working as an advisor, 1998 I was a head coach, I then became a caretaker, 2002 I went to the World Cup…where I won a four-nations cup, the one they don’t want to talk about. We played it in before the World Cup. There was Korea Invitation, Switzerland, Turkey and South Africa. We beat Turkey in the Final.

“We then went to Korea where we unfortunately finished second in our World Cup group and only losing out on a spot in knockout stages on a goal difference. So when I get closer to the bridge I will comment.

“I don’t have interest as such, but when it’s your country certain things might compel you to agree to help. But for me there won’t be a problem to be honest, I’m a football person I love this game so…it wouldn’t be the issue of money. If they now desperately need somebody and they approach me, I will think about it.”

The job is vacant after the axing of Molefe Ntseki following his failure to guide the team to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Sono helped Bafana finish second at the 1998 Afcon in Burkina Faso before leading them again in the FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan in 2002.