Orlando Pirates News Today: Why Downs can’t stop Bucs! Transfer updates & more

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Orlando Pirates News Today: Why Downs can’t stop Bucs! Transfer updates & more

Latest Orlando Pirates news, in the last 24 hours, including the Sea Robbers tipped to win the Premier Soccer League again, why Nkosinathi Sibisi is excited to have Sebastien Pedersen and more.

Klate convinced Pirates will win PSL again

Former Orlando Pirates winger Daine Klate believes that his former side can successfully defend their Betway Premiership title this season.

Klate, 41, is one of the most decorated former players in the local game having won the league six times with three different clubs. He’s won it three times with the defunct SuperSport United, twice with the Buccaneers and once with another defunct side Bidvest Wits.

“I think they can, The thing about winning the league is that once you get the experience – after winning the first one – defending it becomes almost second nature,” he told iDiski Times.

“That experience of winning the first one gives you the confidence that you can do it again.

“I did it with SuperSport and then with Pirates, and the reason we were able to hold on was because of the belief we gained from winning the first one. Knowing how you did it the first time, the second time becomes, I wouldn’t say easier, but rather more convenient because you have this feeling of knowing the moments in matches.

Orlando Pirates training, image: Pirates
Orlando Pirates training, image: Pirates

“You are able to turn what should be losses into draws and the draws into victories. I anticipate Pirates would have that.”

Sibisi excited about Pedersen

Orlando Pirates captain Nkosinathi Sibisi has expressed his excitement about the prospect of playing alongside Norwegian striker Sebastian Pedersen.

The 27-year-old striker has arrived in South Africa to begin his new football career with Pirates. Pedersen has signed with the Mighty Buccaneers to become the first Norwegian player to wear the black and white colors in the club history.

The arrival of the big striker has already created huge excitement amongst the ghost in anticipation of his first appearance in the domestic football.

“You can tell the excitement within the club, with our supporters when we were playing at home (against Milford FC),” Sibisi told the media.

“They were doing the viking, so I think everyone is excited and I am sure he is going to add value.We have seen the glimpse of what is capable of, I think he is going to help do better than we did last season.

Orlando Pirates new striker Sebastian Pedersen.
Orlando Pirates new striker Sebastian Pedersen. Photo: Orlando Pirates

“It’s an exciting talent but not him alone, we have a couple of them. For him I think it was the much needed debut, playing at home. It’s going to boost his confidence and what a better way to make a Pirates debut and win at home. I think he is an exciting winger, he us full potential and I think the team will be mesmerized by his potential”, he concluded.

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