Orlando Pirates have three goalkeepers in sharp condition vying for game time in the absence of Brilliant Khuzwayo for Bucs’ opening Premiership game against Highlands Park‚ says coach Milutin Sredojevic. Khuzwayo, a new signing from Kaizer Chiefs, needs ankle surgery and will be out for almost a month. The keeping department has been an issue for Bucs over the past few seasons‚ but Sredojevic said the new goalkeeper coach from Premier League Swansea City‚ Andrew Sparkes‚ has Pirates’ glove men in top condition. "Goalkeeping is a department that is important and crucial to us. Because we know very well that in any season goalkeepers usually bring 12 to 15 points. "And I could say that we have really strengthened our goalkeeping department. From the point of coaching‚ Sparkes has really sparked that department," Sredojevic said. He hailed Sparkes’s methodology‚ on the field and off the field‚ and his "attention to the smallest details‚ analysing‚ looking to make the keepers mentally ...
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