SuperSport United assistant coach Andre Arendse is convinced on-loan attacker Christian Saile will be lethal for the club.
The 25-year-old Congolese joined the Swanky Boys from Kaizer Chiefs until the end of the ongoing campaign. Since joining the club in the January transfer window, Saile has scored three goals for the Gavin Hunt-led team.
The versatile attacker has been playing authoritatively with purpose as opposed to when he was at Amakhosi.
‘We needed the quality from Saile’
“There is a lot of quality in Christian, a lot of quality,” said Arendse, who was doing media duties ahead of his side’s Nedbank Cup clash with Orlando Pirates for the suspended Hunt,” Arendse told the media.
“We needed to find the quality when he first came. So we had to have a look at him in different positions to see where he is most comfortable, where he is best-suited. If you saw the game against Kaizer Chiefs, he did some really good win-play, and you’ll have seen the goal he scored there where he joined in from wider areas, exposing the defence at times.
“That’s where he is at his best, he’s a very strong player, he’s got good hold-up play, he can hold people off. And he’s got an eye for a goal.”
‘Saile will fire on all cylinders'
“What we’ve discovered is that he bounces of confidence, and if you show belief in a player like that he’s ready and willing to give you his all.
“He’s going through a little but of an up-and-down performance-wise at the moment, the job that we have a ahead of us is to get him into a consistent mode.
“Once we do that, I think he’s a striker that is going to fire on all cylinders. And I think if he continues like that, with a good attitude, a good mindset, a positive one, than I think he’s got way more goals to come by the end of the season,” Arendse concluded.
