MAMELODI Sundowns are expected to show their hand in the next few days over which foreign signings they will be using in the Premier Soccer League this season and who will leave the club.
For a second successive season, free-spending Sundowns have more foreigners on their books than the five-per-club limit.
This leaves coach Pitso Mosimane to make a difficult choice with one player from the recent World Cup in Brazil likely to miss out.
The club have already registered three of the five foreign players for the new campaign.
Mame Niang from Senegal looks to be a likely regular in attack this season after moving from SuperSport United.
Zimbabwean internationals Kudakwashe Mahachi and Cuthbert Malajila have also been registered.
Winger Mahachi has been on the bench while striker Malajila is recovering from injury.
That leaves two players for Mosimane to decide on before the deadline window next Friday.
It would be a major surprise if one slot did not go to Zimbabwean Khama Biliat, who broke a foot in February.
Sundowns' other foreigners are Mumuni Abubakar and Rashid Sumaila (Ghana), Hamsa Hamidu and Ejike Uzoenyi (Nigeria), Emmanuel Mathias (Nigeria-Togo) and Hichane Himonde from Zambia.
The 26-year-old Uzoenyi was signed by Sundowns after being named as the player of the tournament at the African Nations Championship at the start of the year but stayed in Nigeria for the last six months at Enugu Rangers.
He was a late injury replacement for the World Cup in Brazil and got game time in the 1-0 group match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cuiaba, coming on as a 75th minute substitute.
The 21-year-old Sumaila also went to the World Cup with Ghana but did not play any game.
He has eight caps for the Black Stars and was in the back four for Sundowns last season, starting in 17 league games.
Sundowns also have another five foreign internationals on their books, but Anthony Laffor (Liberia), Kennedy Mweene (Zambia), Esrom Nyandoro (Zimbabwe), Dennis Onyango (Uganda) and Elias Pelembe (Mozambique) all have South African citizenship and are no longer counted as foreigners.
Dutchman Alje Schut got instant permanent residence by controversially obtaining a visa for wealthy individuals.
Hard task for Mosimane
MAMELODI Sundowns are expected to show their hand in the next few days over which foreign signings they will be using in the Premier Soccer League this season and who will leave the club.
For a second successive season, free-spending Sundowns have more foreigners on their books than the five-per-club limit.
This leaves coach Pitso Mosimane to make a difficult choice with one player from the recent World Cup in Brazil likely to miss out.
The club have already registered three of the five foreign players for the new campaign.
Mame Niang from Senegal looks to be a likely regular in attack this season after moving from SuperSport United.
Zimbabwean internationals Kudakwashe Mahachi and Cuthbert Malajila have also been registered.
Winger Mahachi has been on the bench while striker Malajila is recovering from injury.
That leaves two players for Mosimane to decide on before the deadline window next Friday.
It would be a major surprise if one slot did not go to Zimbabwean Khama Biliat, who broke a foot in February.
Sundowns' other foreigners are Mumuni Abubakar and Rashid Sumaila (Ghana), Hamsa Hamidu and Ejike Uzoenyi (Nigeria), Emmanuel Mathias (Nigeria-Togo) and Hichane Himonde from Zambia.
The 26-year-old Uzoenyi was signed by Sundowns after being named as the player of the tournament at the African Nations Championship at the start of the year but stayed in Nigeria for the last six months at Enugu Rangers.
He was a late injury replacement for the World Cup in Brazil and got game time in the 1-0 group match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cuiaba, coming on as a 75th minute substitute.
The 21-year-old Sumaila also went to the World Cup with Ghana but did not play any game.
He has eight caps for the Black Stars and was in the back four for Sundowns last season, starting in 17 league games.
Sundowns also have another five foreign internationals on their books, but Anthony Laffor (Liberia), Kennedy Mweene (Zambia), Esrom Nyandoro (Zimbabwe), Dennis Onyango (Uganda) and Elias Pelembe (Mozambique) all have South African citizenship and are no longer counted as foreigners.
Dutchman Alje Schut got instant permanent residence by controversially obtaining a visa for wealthy individuals.
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