Former Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Farouk Khan feels Amakhosi got it right by signing Siphesihle Ndlovu.
The Soweto giants signed the talented midfielder for R5 million from SuperSport United, days before the club was sold. The 28-year-old, who was born in Pietermaritzburg, is now with his new teammates in the Netherlands for pre-season training.
Khan, who worked as an assistant coach at Kaizer Chiefs in the early 2000s, warned that Ndlovu could face challenges during the season given how established other midfielders are in the team.
“Well, he’s technically not bad, and when getting forward, his passing range is good. On the odd occasion, he can score a goal or two as well,” Khan told SoccerBeat.
“However, the challenge he will face is how he will be complemented by the other players, such as Gaston Sirino and Thabo Cele. Will they be able to achieve this in the shortest period of time? As you know, when you are constantly building teams from season to season, you will never have a situation where the team is stable enough.
Ex-Kaizer Chiefs coach says Ndlovu is not a leader but…
“I think all great teams, firstly, have a very good leader in the midfield. I don’t know his leadership qualities, and I haven’t seen much of it because, at Orlando Pirates, he wasn’t the leader. There were players much bigger than him,” Khan added.
“At SuperSport, he made his mark under Gavin Hunt. But again, I don’t think he was the leader in that midfield. However, in saying that, it’s just about the chemistry between the rest of the midfield and, obviously, the attackers and defenders that will guarantee that he has a successful season,” said the former Kaizer Chiefs coach.
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