Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has revealed why he did not select Kaizer Chiefs right-back Thabiso Monyane in his squad.
The Belgian coach opted to go with Zuko Mdunyelwa and Nyiko Mobbie at right-back, leaving out regular right defender Khuliso Mudau.
Monyane, who joined Chiefs in July as a free agent, spent many years at Orlando Pirates but was limited to just 11 appearances last season. Since joining Amakhosi, the 25-year-old has looked impressive.
Broos, however, said it was too soon to select Monyane back into the Bafana fold.
“That was a guy that was on our list a year ago, and he played a friendly with us, I think, but it was more than a year ago,” said Broos on Thursday.
“When you see what has happened to him at Pirates, he didn’t play anymore, and now he is back at Chiefs, and you see little by little , but maybe selecting him for these upcoming games was going to be a little bit too soon,” he said.
Monyane has impressed Broos but…
“I hope that he can confirm in the next weeks what he has shown us so far in the past few weeks at Chiefs and then again, maybe we can be with him in the games in October,” Broos added.
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