Chiefs coach reveals: The type of player we still need!

It’s been an up-and-down start to the season for Chiefs, and although there were several new recruits in the off-season, the squad doesn’t quite seem to have gelled as well – or as quickly – as hoped.

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Kaizer Chiefs did manage to defeat Swallows FC to earn their first away league win of the season in Dobsonville on Wednesday evening, though, overpowering their Soweto rivals 2-1.

Chiefs eventually managed to ride out a wave of pressure late on from Swallows to claim the win that enabled them to rise from 10^th to fifth on the DStv Premiership standings.

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Although coach Arthur Zwane is looking for the team to be more clinical in front of goal, he has now revealed that they need a player who can also ease some of the pressure and responsibility on Kgaogelo Sekgota.

“Now we need to balance our play obviously, going forward,” Zwane said as quoted by Soccer Laduma. “We need another player that can take the responsibility off his (Sekgota’s) shoulders on the right… so when you look back, the style of Chiefs, we used to dominate from the wingers. You would have players who were very good one vs one, they would skin you, bring on crosses, look for combinations, and on the other side it was the same.”

According to Phakaaathi, Stellenbosch star Sibongiseni Mthethwa has been identified by Kaizer Chiefs as one player they could look to sign in the next transfer window.

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Mthethwa has impressed for Stellenbosch since making the move from Black Leopards, while he has recently even earned a call-up to Bafana.

“I think his showing for Bafana sealed the deal for him and Chiefs will definitely go for him in January,” the Phakaaathi sourced said. “I hear they might even offer one of their central midfielders to sweeten the deal which should not be too difficult as the two teams have a good relationship when it comes to transfers. It is him (Mthethwa) and a striker whose identity I do not know yet who are the main targets for the January transfer window.”

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Meanwhile, on Sunday one of the standout players from the MTN8 semi-final first leg against AmaZulu was none other than Njabulo Blom.

Although there have been some apparent issues between the player’s representatives and the club management, which has led to talk that he could end up leaving Naturena, coach Arthur Zwane has said there are hopes that matters could be resolved.

“As a coach I will always want to see Njabulo [Blom] playing football and succeeding in playing football because he’s very talented,” Zwane said, as quoted by FARPost.

“Unfortunately, these things do happen with people who represent them so I will leave the club to deal with it. I’m not that much worried; obviously, we want to see him on the field. He’s got the qualities; we know Njabulo since he was 15 years old, actually 14 years old when he came to Kaizer Chiefs. He’s doing well. Obviously as much as we looking for perfection, there will always be mistakes, and we can work on those mistakes.”

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Chiefs already know that they will at least have to score in the second-leg against AmaZulu at Moses Mabhida on October 23rd, while improving their execution of opportunities.

This past weekend, Gabadinho Mhango gave the visitors a first-half lead before substitute Keagan Dolly equalised for Amakhosi following Veluyeke Zulu’s red card for two bookable transgressions.

The away goal means that a 0-0 scoreline in the second leg would be enough to see Usuthu into the final.

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