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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has stated they are ‘not doing trials’ but explained their recent transfer strategy trend this season.
Since the appointment of Zwane, several players have undergone assessments at the Village which included the likes of Dove Edmilson and Bonfils Caleb Bimenyimana – who have since signed as free agents and become mainstays in the starting eleven.
And during the 2022 FIFA World Cup break the likes of Neymar, Stanley Ratifo, and Christian Salie were all invited to train with the first-team squad.
While the DR Congo striker looks set to complete his move to Amakhosi this week, Zwane denied their recent decisions in the market show their lack of professionalism when it comes to strengthening their playing squad.
“We’re not conducting trials or doing trials,” Zwane said on Thursday morning ahead of their clash against Mamelodi Sundowns this weekend.
“All the players you’ve seen here coming to try their luck, we profiled them first but we wanted to see them closely, we wanted to monitor them closely and be sure about what we’re doing.
“Because a player we can see them performing somewhere else… most of the time right now when you’re giving footage of a player – you may find out that player, the last time he played was two seasons ago but it will show as if he’s scoring goals right now.”
The Amakhosi boss went on to add that when it comes to foreign players, it becomes tricky as the club has been duped into signing players who don’t have the mentality to perform at a high level consistency due to the pressures of the entity that is Chiefs.
“So we try and follow that player, do proper research about the individual, so that as soon as he comes here – we know what we’re looking for because they will only show him scoring goals if he’s a striker,” he continued.
“They only show these 1v1 battles if he’s a defensive midfielder, I’m just making that example, but we don’t see many other aspects that can help the players to tick and come in and add value.
“[That’s] why we’re taking the route of inviting those players, we’re not doing trials. We want to have a closer look before making a decision, it’s best for us right now because we’ve brought in players in the past that we saw and profiled.
“Kaizer Chiefs is a different beast, when they arrive here, when the pressure mounts, they can’t cope. And then the club is the one that suffers again and we have to go look out for other players, so we trying to avoid that, we can’t repeat the same mistakes.”