Cape Town City FC will look outside the club rather than within for new, first-team players next season with coach Eric Tinkler confirming they are scouring Africa for new recruits. Tinkler says the side needs to add quality to the squad rather than quantity‚ believing a number of strategic signs will add healthy competition. He has dismissed the notion of dipping into their MultiChoice Diski Challenge (MDC) team to find them. "Our MDC squad in our first season was quite literally put together in a matter of four weeks‚" Tinkler told TMG Digital. "We were just trying to get the numbers up to be honest‚ so it was all a bit of rush and not that much thought went into it. There are not really any players there that we would consider for the first team now." Tinkler says they signed eight foreign players for the 2016-17 campaign. Renard Rode (Latvia)‚ James Brown and Matt Sim (both Australia) were all gone within six months‚ though the latter did make an impact in helping the side win t...
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Subscribe now to unlock this article.
Support BusinessLIVE’s award-winning journalism for R129 per month (digital access only).
There’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in SA. Our subscription packages now offer an ad-free experience for readers.
Cancel anytime.
Questions? Email helpdesk@businesslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00. Got a subscription voucher? Redeem it now.