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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has
heaped praise on Kaizer Chiefs
midfielder Njabulo Blom after handing
the 22-year-old a recall to the national
team.
Having previously been utilised as a right-
back or right-sided midfielder, Njabulo
Blom has emerged as one of the standout
performers in the DStv Premiership this
season since returning to his more
accustomed role in the centre of the park.
The 22-year-old’s impressive form for the
Amakhosi has not gone unnoticed after
he was called up by national team coach
Hugo Broos for Bafana Bafana’s two
friendlies against Mozambique and
Angola later this month.
Blom had previously only played once in
the gold and green, featuring as a
substitute in South Africa’s 1-0 win over
Ghana in September last year, but has
returned to the fold as Broos continues
his search for a reliable defensive
midfielder.
“I think when I saw the performances of
kaizer Chiefs the last five or six weeks,
they were struggling a bit although they
are doing better little by little now, but
Blom was always performing,” Broos said
during his squad announcement on SABC
Sport.
“He was not disappointing, even in a team
that was not really playing well. I think if
you can do that… and then the way he is
playing now in that position – because before he was at right-back or right offensive midfielder – but what he is doing now is also what I am looking for when I am looking for a defensive midfielder”