Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye insists Brandon Petersen, Bruce Bvuma, and current first-choice custodian Fiacre Ntwari don't deserve to play for the Soweto Giants.
Last season, Petersen started as the number-one keeper, but inconsistencies led to his demotion. Legendary custodian Itumeleng Khune was briefly handed the mantle before Bvuma completed the campaign as Amakhosi finished 10th in the Premier Soccer League.
Khune was let go and Fiacre Ntwari was signed from TS Galaxy, but Khanye has explained why it was a mistake.
Chiefs were not supposed to buy Ntwari
“For me, all three goalkeepers don’t deserve to be playing for Kaizer Chiefs,” the 39-year-old said in his interview with SNL24.
“All three of them have had their mistakes. If you ask me, Chiefs were not supposed to buy Ntwari in the first place and I don’t understand why they did. I don’t think it was the right time. He wasn’t that impressive at TS Galaxy and conceded some questionable goals and that is why I am surprised he was signed by Chiefs.
“I think whoever identified the guy to be a signing for Chiefs got it wrong. Even at Chiefs, he has been making mistakes and it’s just that some of the errors couldn’t be easily noticed by many as the team was winning in those games earlier in the season. It was after the game against Sundowns where Chiefs lost by a big score that most of the people started talking about the mistakes,” he added.
Bvuma has failed to prove worth, Khune deserved to stay
“Coming to Bruce Bvuma, this is another goalkeeper who has been given a chance but is failing to prove his worth,” Khanye continued.
“He has had so much time to adapt in the first team and has been given numerous chances, but he hasn’t used the opportunity. Bvuma is not a youngster anymore and he should be stamping his authority as Chiefs’ regular, but he made some schoolboy mistakes in some games when given a chance. Looking at Brandon Peterson and his profile and age, coming from Ajax Cape Town [now Cape Town Spurs] where he played a lot of games, he should be doing better.
“All in all, I am saying Chiefs should have extended Itumeleng Khune’s contract as a player and they wouldn’t be in this situation. If [Denis] Onyango is still playing at Sundowns at the age of 39, I believe that Khune should still be playing for Chiefs,” he concluded.
