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Broos Makes Strong Chiefs Statement
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has stated that he believes Kaizer Chiefs currently do not have a single player good enough for the national team.
The Belgian tactician had selected Pule Mmodi, S’fiso Hlanti and Given Msimango in his 36-man preliminary squad for the friendlies against Namibia and DR Congo.
However, all three were among the 13 players dropped from the squad, with Broos explaining that he believes the quality at Amakhosi hasn’t improved much to last season.
“For the moment Kaizer Chiefs is still Kaizer Chiefs of last year,” he told journalists.
“They have a lot of new players and maybe that is the reason why they don’t achieve what they need to achieve.
“They are still many points behind Sundowns and I said it already year – for any competition it’s important that the top teams are in the top of the ranking.
“Ok, Pirates won yesterday, so there is only five points difference with Sundowns, with Kaizer Chiefs its eight points I think. This is too much. Only five games and you are already eight points behind who is first. It’s not a little team who is first.
“Chiefs have to improve. I saw the game last Saturday, I was at the game of Chiefs [and] I’m very sorry but now for a moment there is no player who deserves to be at Bafana Bafana.”
He was then asked why players like Yusuf Maart or Mmodi, who were regulars in his team before they moved to Naturena, are not in his selections anymore, and insisted he only picks based on what’s best for the national team.
“When you make a decision you try to have the best team and that’s what I did,” he added.
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