Khama Billiat

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Could Khama Billiat’s struggles with injuries be due to stress?

Former Zimbabwe international Wilfred Mugeyi says Khama Billiat’s struggles with injuries could be related to stress.

Khama Billiat

Happy Birthday to Kaizer Chiefs star Khama Billiat who is celebrating his 31st trip around the sun TODAY!

Former Zimbabwe international Wilfred Mugeyi is surprised by Khama Billiat’s struggles with injuries and believes it could be related to stress.

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Billiat has been out of action since January when he suffered a fractured leg. He has only played in nine of Amakhosi’s DStv Premiership matches so far this campaign.

Mugeyi revealed that the 30-year-old didn’t had injury problems earlier in his career and he thinks stress could be leading to injuries.

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“You know to be honest I’m also surprised because if you look when he played for Ajax [Cape Town], when we had Khama at Ajax, Khama was never injured. I don’t recall Khama missing a game. And we had three, four years with him,” Mugeyi told the Kickoff website.

“At Sundowns yes there was a time when he broke his metatarsal. I think he was out for almost three months or something like that. Then from there he played without a lot of injuries.

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“But when he went to Chiefs he played two games and one month he’s out. He comes back, three games… two months he’s out. So I don’t really know what’s the problem. As I just said, we signed him [at Ajax] as a 16-year-old. He never missed a game.

“Sometimes it might be a stress. You understand when you play under stress… he might have problems at home, then you are bound to get injuries because your mind is not focused, you are thinking about something else while you are doing something else. Then you are prone to injuries.

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