Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has confirmed that Nkosingiphile Ngcobo will be out for the rest of the season, while there is hope for Khama Billiat to return to the pitch.
Zwane gave an injury-update of his squad ahead of their home fixture against Marumo Gallants on Saturday.
Chiefs enter the game on the back of winning four successive league games for the first time this season – a run that has seen them climb to 40 points, level with second-placed Orlando Pirates and third-placed SuperSport United, who both have a superior goal difference.
As the 2022/23 campaign is reaching it’s final stages that will decide whether Amakhosi will play in a CAF inter-club competition next year, Zwane had mixed injury updates on Thursday.
“Mshini is out this season, he’s not going to be available,” he said when asked by iDiski Times.
“Khama started jogging last week, if not the week before last. He’s far from returning to play, but we don’t doubt our bio is working on him before we can hand him over to football actions, which is the coaches on the field.
“Then we’ll take it from there, I will be fighting for his fitness and make sure that he’s ready to play. Otherwise we don’t want to risk and hurt him again.
“Tower just got back, fighting for fitness as well. Cole, he is the one that looks closest to the starting team.
After calling this campaign “the worst” in his young coaching career due to the many injuries, Zwane has once again elaborated on the matter, saying injuries to key players forced them to throw youngsters into the deep end.
“As I said earlier on, the number of injuries that we had to key players this season was a big blow for us,” he added.
“Now we were forced to make too many changes and putting other players under pressure, more especially the young ones because we wanted to bring them in gradually.
“I’m also proud at the same time that those we gave an opportunity to rose to the occasion.”
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Chiefs host Gallants at the FNB Stadium at 20:00 on Saturday – tickets are still available: https://linktr.ee/kaizerchiefs.
