Some Chiefs fans believe that Nabi should be sacked by the club should his team dare lose out on the chance to reach the final. The Tunisian-born coach understands that the pressure is mounting for him, but he says his future is in the hands of the Chiefs hierarchy right now.

“I am not saying whether I deserve to stay here or I don’t,” Nabi said. “There’s a board, and they analyse the situation. They see the situation. They see every training, and every meeting before the game and after. So, they know what we are doing.

“So if they see that we don’t deserve to stay next season, I will go. But if they see that I deserve to stay, I will stay. But I am here, and working. I have a contract, processes and objectives. I trust my process, so I will work. I am not here to stay whether I must stay or not.”

Chiefs’ board seem to be still backing Nabi so much so that a video of club manager Bobby Motaung went viral this week, saying that they are behind Nabi – for now. The coach, though, knows that football decisions can change any minute, but he believes he’ll honour his commitment at the club.

“If I understand the question, you are asking whether I will stay next season,” Nabi asked back. “But I have to tell you that my contract is for two seasons. So, it's not me who’ll decide on my future. I have my process. The difference between me and other people is that I have processes, and they think the result. If we think like that, there is a difference in languages.”

Sure, Nabi might be a French speaking person, but the only language that he and the fans can understand for now is winning a trophy.

Chiefs can achieve that via the Nedbank Cup. But they’ll have to get past the best team in the land, Sundowns, in the semi-final at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday night (6pm).

Nabi said he wasn’t under pressure to win the trophy as he doesn’t believe his future relies on it as his focus is on two things.

“The process is about two things – how we play and give chances to our kids – the DDC players,” Nabi said.

“We have played (Mfundo) Vilakazi, (Wandile) Duba, (Mduduzi) Shabalala, and other players. How many chances did they get to play in the first team?

“Secondly if we try to talk about the process, how many chances did we get and convert and the opposition got? Like that we can analyse.”