Stuart Baxter is heading overseas this week to talk to prospective future Bafana Bafana internationals as he looks at options to strengthen the national team. His primary mission will be in Italy, where he will meet Roodepoort-born Joel Untersee‚ who is back at Juventus after spending the past season on loan at Serie B outfit Brescia. But he was also going to see players in Portugal and Norway‚ confirmed South African Football Association (Safa) CEO Dennis Mumble on Monday. Untersee has been named in Juventus’s pre-season squad for the 2017-18 season after making 39 appearances for Brescia last season. He has represented Switzerland at every level of junior football from Under-15 to the Under-21s‚ though he has not yet made a senior national team appearance. This means he can still play for SA. As Untersee was born in Johannesburg‚ he is entitled to South African citizenship and can be eligible to play for Bafana. But because he has played for the Swiss at junior level‚ he must appl...
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