Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro. Image: @FARPost / Twitter
R8 million Orlando Pirates star set to be AXED!
Orlando Pirates look set to part ways with a star striker worth R8 million just six months after he joined the club!
Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro. Image: @FARPost / Twitter
Bienvenu Eva Nga joined Orlando Pirates with high expectations however things haven’t gone according to plan.
The Cameroonian target man was viewed as the perfect remedy to the Bucs’ goal scoring woes.
He started five out of Orlando Pirates’ opening seven fixtures, but offered little to them in terms of goals. (one goal scored)
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That coupled with the return to fitness of Zakhele Lepasa and the arrival of Kermit Erasmus leaves a bleak future for Eva Nga.
Evidence Makgopa and Kwame Peprah are also both waiting in line ahead of Nga.
And now, according to the latest reports, the Buccaneers are tipped to AXE him in January!
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Eva Nga set to be offloaded by Orlando Pirates?
According to the latest reports, Jose Riviero has already identified which players are surplus to requirements. On that list is one Eva Nga who’s valued at R8 million by Transfermarkt.
“One of the players who will be relooked at is Nga. He has failed to impress because the coach did give him game-time at the start of the season,” a source told Citizen regarding the forward.
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In other news, star Orlando Pirates midfielder Miguel Timm has explained the tactical change coaches made against Mamelodi Sundowns.
The hardworking midfielder was captured on TV screens receiving a ‘cheat note’ from technical members during the match.
Timm has since explained the instructions that note contained and why he in particular received it!
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Jose Riveiro ‘cheat note’ explained by Timm
“My role in the midfield is to bring balance and just work hard. We have a lot of attacking players in the team.” the Orlando Pirates star told Thabiso Mosia on SAFM.
“I think I’ve adjusted nicely to what’s expected of me. I came here to play and test myself against the best and I was never afraid of the competition.
“About the piece of paper. The coaches obviously saw something that was was troubling us, a tactical movement from Sundowns.
“So in the paper they were telling us how to adjust and I had to show the other players what to do.”
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