Ernst Middendorp, coach of Kaizer Chiefs with Happy Mashiane during the Absa Premiership 2018/19 Kaizer Chiefs Training at the Chiefs Village, Johannesburg on the 02 May 2019 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Kaizer Chiefs news: Middendorp not ruling out more signings
Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp is happy with quality at his disposal, but could bring in more players before transfer deadline day.
Ernst Middendorp, coach of Kaizer Chiefs with Happy Mashiane during the Absa Premiership 2018/19 Kaizer Chiefs Training at the Chiefs Village, Johannesburg on the 02 May 2019 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
It’s been quite some time since Kaizer Chiefs unveiled a new player, but coach Ernst Middendorp has hinted that the club could still not be done in the transfer market.
Amakhosi have made five new signing so far in the ongoing window, the last one being defender Yagan Sasman, who was officially unveiled in July.
So far, only three of the new men have featured for the club, who now sit pretty at the top of the log after three wins in four matches.
Middendorp spoke to the media after Chiefs’ come-from-behind victory over Cape Town City on Tuesday night, where another newbie in Kearyn Baccus got his first goal for the club as he banged in the winner.
Kaizer Chiefs potential excites Middendorp
With a long season still ahead, the German indicated that he was happy with what he has at his disposal, but did not rule out bringing in more players before the transfer window closes on Monday.
“I said it already, last week, we have selected a certain squad with a lot of potential, Siyabonga Ngezana is Under-23, and Happy Mashiane will be, in the future, Under-23,” Middendorp said after the game.
“We have a lot of players, Yagan (Sasman) is not playing, James Kotei is not playing, we are working on Leonardo Castro, we have a lot of players not here.
“In the moment I am not able to identify myself in happiness, what has happened, I am not really sure about it. You always as a coach want to have more quality but as I can say, we are on the market, and that is why the club has a scouting department, and the scouting is like shaving, you have to do it at least every second day otherwise you don’t look good.
“But, I could say nothing will happen on the 02 September 2019, we are always looking, but we are not desperate.”
Along with Sasman and Baccus, Kaizer Chiefs brought in Zambian striker Lazarous Kambole, Kotei, as well as Samir Nurkovic from Serbia.
Nurkovic pinched his first goal for the club when he scored the opener in a 1-1 draw against Supersport United over the weekend, and was named man of the match against the Citizens in Cape Town.
Chiefs will sit out the weekend’s fixtures, as league action makes way for MTN 8 semis, and go on an extended run before their next fixture.
They next take to the field on Saturday 14 September, when they square off against Polokwane City at FNB Stadium.
