Kaizer Chiefs’ Itumeleng Khune has accepted that there might be some rotation of goalkeepers between himself and Virgil Vries this season. Khune‚ so used to being No 1 for Amakhosi that he once joked he would have to go to hospital for then No 2 Brilliant Khuzwayo to play‚ admitted that Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas’s tendency of resting players serves to keep Chiefs’ players on their toes. Khune said he understands Solinas’s philosophy that both Khune and Vries are internationals — the latter for Namibia — so both should play.
“I totally agree with the coach. If you have two international goalkeepers why not rotate them?” Khune said.“Even when he [Solinas] wanted to explain to me why he was putting me on the bench I was like‚ ‘Coach‚ I’m a professional player‚ I’ve been a professional for so many years. And I’ve seen situations like this at other clubs where one goalkeeper will play in the league and another in cup matches’. “So I didn’t see the need for the coach to e...
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