Samir Nurkovic

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has urged Amakhosi’s supporters to be patient with misfiring Serbian striker Samir Nurkovic. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

Kaizer Chiefs latest | ‘Nurkovic and Castro absence a blessing in disguise’

Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Pollen Ndlanya believes injuries to Samir Nurkovic and Leonardo Castro are a blessing in disguise.

Samir Nurkovic

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has urged Amakhosi’s supporters to be patient with misfiring Serbian striker Samir Nurkovic. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Pollen Ndlanya believes injuries to Samir Nurkovic and Leonardo Castro are a blessing in disguise.

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Nurkovic is expected to be out for up to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his knee while Castro hasn’t been in the team for weeks now.

And Ndlanya doesn’t think Chiefs have a striker crisis as he feels this is an opportunity for attacking players such as Khama Billiat and Keagan Dolly to step up.

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“Look, I won’t say it is a crisis at such. I think it is a blessing in disguise that those players are injured so [that] they don’t rely on Castro and Nurkovic for goals,” Ndlanya told Sowetan.

“Players like Billiat and Dolly must come out and start scoring goals for the team now that those players are not there,” he said.

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“They are attacking players and must start scoring more often. The team cannot struggle to score goals while they have players like Billiat and Dolly,” reiterated Ndlanya.

Ndlanya said it’s not only players such as Billiat and Dolly who are capable of scoring in the current Chiefs team.

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He also made mention of Phathutshedzo Nange who is yet to open his goalscoring account for Chiefs but proved to have an eye for goal in his previous teams.

“Actually not only them; a player like Phathutshedzo Nange is also capable of scoring goals, and he must start doing that.

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“They have players who can score goals in the team, and [they] need to come out now,” added Ndlanya.

Chiefs host Chippa United at FNB Stadium on Saturday, and it remains to be seen who will lead the attack on the day.

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Kick-off is at 17:30.