Kaizer Chiefs are set to welcome about five players to the club ahead of their pre-season tour of the Netherlands.
Chiefs are set to jet of for that pre-season trip next month with Nasreddine Nabi expected to welcome new faces.
Mako and Monyane set to join Chiefs from Pirates
Among those new faces is expected to be Orlando Pirates duo Thabiso Monyane as well as Paseka Mako. The defensive duo are both set to join Chiefs next week when their contracts officially expire at the Buccaneers. These being moves that came as a shock to many football lovers on the local front. This partly because it is normal normal that two players cross the floor at the same time.
Some sections of the Chiefs fan base have also questioned the signings, and possible lack of ambition. They have cried that Amakhosi are not backing coach Nabi with his first choice targets, but giving him those of the management. This now seems to be confirmed by sources speaking to Soccer-Laduma. They look to have hinted that Mako and Monyane were not the Tunisian tactician’s first choice.
Not the players Nabi wanted
“It’s believed that the coach was not part of interest in those two players. Apparently, the coach was looking at three right backs, in Richards Bay defender Lwandile Mabuya, Cape Town Spurs’ Lungelo Bhengu and Mhleli Mabuza who had trials at the club in May. And at left back the coach’s main interest was Fawaaz Basadien (Stellies) and Mohamed Hussein from Simba SC in Tanzania. But apparently the scouts and management are believed to have liked Monyane and Mako. So, we will see what will happen in the pre-season whether the coach will still go for his targets or they will settle for the two former Orlando Pirates players,” said the source.
Should the coach or management sign players?
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