Kaizer Chiefs best signing of the window: Yusuf Maart or Ashley du Preez?
Former Sekhkhune United midfielder Yusuf Maart is set to be a key player for Arthur Zwane’s reinforced Kaizer Chiefs side but so is Ashley Du Preez.
Which one of the two will go on to be the signing of the window? Only time will tell.
Maart impressed during the 2021/22 season earning an international debut and attracting interest from Kaizer Chiefs.
Babina Noko’s assistant coach Thabo Senong believes that Maart will be a big star at Kaizer Chiefs.
The qualities that will make Yusuf Maart a Chiefs star
Kaizer Chiefs’ new star Yusuf Maart is expected to get the number six jersey that has been vacated by Kearyn Baccus. Image: @OfficialPSL / Twitter
Senong knows all about Maart’s abilities and rates the playmaker highly.
“With the evolution of the game if you look at his qualities as a footballer, he covers a lot of ground and distance on the pitch because of his high anaerobic capacity,” Senong told Soccer Laduma.
“Yusuf takes a lot of shots from outside the box, he can make a lot of forward passes, over the top, so he helps the team to defend very well because he works very hard in the defensive and attacking phase.
“So I don’t see Yusuf failing at Chiefs and I’m hoping he adapts and shine as soon as possible. He is very committed as he gives 110 percent at training and in matches, also he does a lot of individual analytical work, and gets clips of himself after matches and training so that he can always analyse himself critically and try to improve some areas and aspects of his game where he lacks.
“So by Maart being an adapter, I don’t see him struggling to adjust to playing within the Kaizer Chiefs group and also play for a big club of Chiefs’ calibre because of his mentality, he is a professional, works very hard and he is an international midfielder, he comes from Bafana Bafana,” concluded Senong.
Ashley Du Preez ready to shine for Kaizer Chiefs
New striker Ashley Du Preez is a candidate for signing of the window.. Image: @KaizerChiefs / Twitter
Ashley Du Preez has been on target already and seems to believes in himself.
“I’m not a person who praises myself. I think it starts there — how you work on the pitch and off the pitch — that affects you in the game,” Du Preez said.
“What coach Arthur said about me, I can say it’s true because I’ve been working so hard where I was previously, and I wanted to be playing for a big club like this.
“I think it starts with you as a player — where you want to be and how you want to be. So I think I agree with coach Arthur.”
The latest Kaizer Chiefs news: Wednesday 10 August 2022
