I’m professional: Bambo

as a Dynamos legend and wants to be respected as a coach who will do everything for the success of the team under his guidance.
The former Zimbabwe captain, who is in his second spell as CAPS United coach, has come under pressure in recent weeks from a section of the Green Machine fans who accuse him of being a spy for their bitter rivals Dynamos.
A poor run, leading to the 5-1 thrashing of Kiglon at Rufaro on Saturday, didn’t help a frosty relationship between Chunga and a militant section of the CAPS United fans which has never embraced him into their fold.
But there was a lot of goodwill, between the coach and the fans, at Rufaro on Saturday after CAPS United turned on the style and destroyed Kiglon.
Yesterday Chunga said while he was proud to have been associated with Dynamos, he was a professional fully committed on his work at CAPS United and the only thing that will bring him joy this season is seeing the Green Machine winning the league championship.
“I am proud to be associated with Dynamos because they taught me a culture of being a winner and that’s the philosophy I have been using as a coach,” said Chunga.
“Whatever I am today, I owe it to Dynamos because that is the team that helped to shape my name.
“But I am a professional and I am in another phase of my life and, while I was successful as a player at Dynamos, I want to be very successful as a coach at CAPS United and we can’t keep bringing up these issues about my past.
“I am a principled man and when I accepted to come and work at CAPS United, I knew that I had the responsibility to deliver for the team and to make the fans happy and you need to win to achieve that.
“I don’t want to be remembered as a failure, and that is why I want to succeed in my job as a coach and that means winning big things with CAPS United.”
Chunga said playing professional football in Europe helped cultivate the importance of professionalism in him.
“When you are a professional footballer, you know that this is where your bread is buttered and you have to deliver,” said Chunga.
“At CAPS United that’s where my bread is buttered and I have to deliver for them right now because that is where I work.
“You have to draw a line between your past, which is Dynamos, and your present and, obviously, there might be a future to consider, too.
“I have already drawn the line and work very hard, now and again, just to make sure that CAPS United is in the best shape to compete and win and my players know that I am committed to the club.
“My bosses also know that I am committed to the club.”
Chunga won the league championship in 2009 when his Gunners side edged Dynamos in a two-horse race.
He revealed that he has always found it interesting that, while the spotlight is on him, there were other former Dynamos sons who were doing their jobs quietly at other clubs.
“I look at David George, who is at Motor Action, and count the number of times that he has helped the Mighty Bulls to beat Dynamos and I ask myself why do people not doubt him the way they do when it comes to me?” said Chunga.
“But I guess it comes with the profile, maybe, but I feel because of its size Dynamos will always provide more coaches than the other teams but I believe all these men, when they accept jobs elsewhere, they know they have to deliver.’
Chunga saluted the CAPS United leadership for backing him and said he needed to repay them with a success story.
“Farai Jere has been excellent and he understands me very well, which is good for a coach when you have someone up there who believes in what you are doing,” said Chunga.
“We have come a long way and we now know each other better and I believe, as CAPS United, we should just end all this thing about Chunga and Dynamos so that we concentrate on what is important for us right now.”