Kaizer Chiefs legend Itumeleng Khune believes it is high time his former team ended their decade-long trophy drought.
The Glamour Boys will be in action on Saturday against Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup final that will be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. The former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper believes club founder Kaizer Motaung deserves to celebrate a trophy after going a decade without.
The last time Amakhosi won a trophy was in 2015 when they lifted the Premier Soccer League. Khune was still with Chiefs, who were under Stuart Baxter.
‘Doctor Motaung deserves to be given that trophy'
The 37-year-old believes the players can surely get past their rivals in the Soweto derby to win the title and reward Amakhosi founder who has invested heavily in the institution to ensure it remains on top of South African top-flight football.
“Let's hope they will bring their A-plus game come weekend so that they win it for the old man. Eish, Doctor Motaung deserves something, like having to witness your team not lifting a trophy in nine and a half years, it's not nice and you've invested so much in the players, in infrastructure, I think Doctor Motaung deserves to be given that trophy,” he said as quoted by SABC Sports.
“He's aging, and he's invested so much in that team. So, I think the players who are there now must think of writing their names in the history books.”
‘Players must count themselves blessed'
Khune has further challenged the players to re-write history by going all the way and winning the annual competition; that they shouldn't live in the past when the team used to win trophies regularly.
“I think the players must just believe in themselves, believe in their ability, that, guys, we did it from the last 32, last 16, last 8, now we went through Sundowns in the last four and now this is the last hurdle and it might not come back again,” he continued.
“For them to be in the final, they must count themselves as blessed and go out there and lift this trophy. Not only for the chairman, but for the fans that have been there through thick and thin, for themselves and for their families. That's all they need to do,” Khune concluded.
