Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos Africa Cup of Nations

The dates for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast have been officially confirmed by CAF. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

Bafana Bafana: Hugo Broos heaps praise on Kaizer Chiefs star!

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has heaped praise on one very special, talented Kaizer Chiefs player. Can you guess who he is?

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos Africa Cup of Nations

The dates for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast have been officially confirmed by CAF. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has heaped praise on one very special, talented Kaizer Chiefs player. Can you guess who he is?

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Broos has taken note of the impressive form of one special Amakhosi player.

However, he has not had much of a chance to impress with the national side but this is about to change!

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Oh how the times have changed. It was not long ago that Bros was selecting no Amakhosi players, dropping them at ease. Therefore, there has been some improvement from a couple of Chiefs players with this man in particular grabbing Broos attention and praise.

That man is Njabulo Blom.

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kaizer Chiefs player Njabulo Blom
Kaizer Chiefs player Njabulo Blom has earned another call-up to the national side. Photo: Facebook

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Blom has been excellent for Amakhosi since returning to Arthur Zwane’s starting XI.

He thoroughly deserved his Bafana Bafana call-up and extra recognition given by Broos, verbally.

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Here’s what Broos had to say on Blom:

I think when I saw the performances of Kaizer Chiefs the last five or six weeks, they were struggling a bit although they are doing better little by little now, but Blom was always performing,” Broos stated on KickOff.

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That is a sign of character in a player, to perform well even when the team does not and on a consistent bases. Broos believes Blom is exactly what he is looking for in terms of the national side and the type of player he needs.

“What he is doing now is also what I am looking for,” Broos added.

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Therefore, you can expect to see Blom given a decent run during Bafana Bafana’s friendlies against Mozambique and Angola.

Furthermore, it is long overdue given his consistency in the DStv Premiership.

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