Manqoba Mngqithi, the recently appointed Mamelodi Sundowns assistant coach, believes he can forge "a formidable team" with the man that brought him to the club, Pitso Mosimane, and help them end the long wait for major honours.

The Brazilians recently roped in the former Lamontville Golden Arrows and AmaZulu boss as they search for the perfect recipe to success.

Mngqithi is delighted with the opportunity and is relishing the prospect of two top South African coaches working alongside each other.

"Pitso and I, we are different," he told PSL.co.za. "Both of us are highly qualified. He has been with the national team, he has done well at SuperSport.

"The fact that we have respect for each other makes us a formidable team because we know what the other person is capable of. Naturally when people have respect for each other, they both have their own strengths.

"Pitso is probably the hardest working coach I have ever seen. He is a fanatic and an expert on analysis and strategy. Me personally I am a training coach, I like to train players, I want to see an improvement in terms of ability of players from the training field."

For this reason, the 42-year-old, who will work alongside the other assistant Alex Bapela, is adamant they will be a success.

Mosimane is only in his first full season in charge at Chloorkop having succeeded a long line of unsuccessful coaches since their last piece of silverware, the 2007/08 Nedbank Cup crown.

He is the eighth coach since then and Mngqithi continued: "It's one of the biggest and most ambitious clubs in South Africa as everybody knows.

"They may not have been successful over the years, but a lot of hard work is being done by Pitso and his team to change that. Maybe I've come in when everything is about to fall into position.

"I believe Pitso has transformed the club a lot. For me it's about adding value in a manner that can be build on. For a club to have a president as ambitious as Patrice, who is more than willing to go the extra mile, they are extremely fortunate."

Mngqithi, who was approached by Mosimane for the role, has no idea why the trophies have evaded one of the country's top clubs.

"I really cannot answer that because I was not here," was his response to that question. "But now that I am here, things are going to change."

The former school teacher has been known for his ability to develop players through the years and also work on shoe-string budgets in order to keep Arrows, the club where he made his name, so competitive.

In fact, he lead them to their own trophy, the MTN8 crown back in 2009, a season after they secured their highest-place finish of fifth in the league.

He feel that Sundowns, often criticised for not developing their own players, already has a system in place to generate future stars.

"The Sundowns set-up is unfortunate not to have produced as many players as it could have," he added. "But it's a serious work in progress and you must not be surprised in the next three years when you see players coming from within.

"As we speak, there are more than 15 players from their academy playing in the NFD. For me that's an indication that the future is bright.

"All the club has to do is be patient and believe in these players."