FOREIGN PLAYERS
Young Swiss star Untersee on the Bafana radar
The South African Football Association’s (Safa’s) desire to cast its net wider in the search for talent to refresh the Bafana Bafana squad has led to an approach to Swiss junior international Joel Untersee. Safa president Danny Jordaan has asked the coaches of all national teams to consider players developed outside SA to widen their pool of options. The first response to this call during the reign of current coach Shakes Mashaba has been the call-up of Dutch-born forward Lars Veldwijk‚ but it may well not be the last. Business Day understands an approach to fullback Untersee has been made as well‚ with the player‚ who features for Italian Serie B side Brescia‚ on loan from giants Juventus‚ potentially open to the idea. The 22-year-old‚ who was born in Roodepoort‚ has represented Switzerland at every junior football level from Under-15 to the Under-21s. He joined the Juventus youth academy in 2011 and often has been part of the preseason squads for the first teams‚ but so far only o...
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