New club Cape Town City need two or three more players to ensure they are competitive in the coming Premier Soccer League season‚ said owner John Comitis.
The club on Tuesday announced the addition of Tshepo Gumede to their ranks as they continue to add new squad members to the 14 who came from Gauteng when Comitis bought the Mpumalanga Black Aces franchise last month.
“It has been very hectic but it is now all coming together. I want to get a few more players in by the end of the week so that we have a decent preparatory time together before our first match‚ which is against Polokwane City at home‚” he said.
It is expected Comitis will get one more player from Pirates as he has agreed to allow Jackson Mabokgwane‚ current member of the Bafana Bafana squad‚ to go in the other direction.
But concerns over salary demands means it is not likely to be any of the high profile players that the Buccaneers have recently placed on the transfer list‚ like Sifiso Myeni and Lehlohonolo Majoro.
Newcomers already announced by City are Shaquille Abrahams (FC Cape Town)‚ Duncan Adonis (Ramblers)‚ Never Ngcuka (Cape United)‚ Roland Putsche (Wolfsberger AC in Austria)‚ Ebrahim Seedat (Milano United) and Matt Sim‚ last at Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia.
The club are already looking at handing another of their foreigner berths to Latvian international defender Renard Rode‚ who was on trial at Black Saes last season but who signed for a club in the Czech Republic last season when Aces ran out of berths for foreign signings.
Rode has been in the Mother City for a week now training with the club‚ who also have central defender Robyn Johannes (ex-Sundowns‚ Pirates‚ AmaZulu) among the trialists they are looking at.
PSL newcomers Cape Town City sign Tshepo Gumede from Orlando Pirates
New club Cape Town City need two or three more players to ensure they are competitive in the coming Premier Soccer League season‚ said owner John Comitis.
The club on Tuesday announced the addition of Tshepo Gumede to their ranks as they continue to add new squad members to the 14 who came from Gauteng when Comitis bought the Mpumalanga Black Aces franchise last month.
“It has been very hectic but it is now all coming together. I want to get a few more players in by the end of the week so that we have a decent preparatory time together before our first match‚ which is against Polokwane City at home‚” he said.
It is expected Comitis will get one more player from Pirates as he has agreed to allow Jackson Mabokgwane‚ current member of the Bafana Bafana squad‚ to go in the other direction.
But concerns over salary demands means it is not likely to be any of the high profile players that the Buccaneers have recently placed on the transfer list‚ like Sifiso Myeni and Lehlohonolo Majoro.
Newcomers already announced by City are Shaquille Abrahams (FC Cape Town)‚ Duncan Adonis (Ramblers)‚ Never Ngcuka (Cape United)‚ Roland Putsche (Wolfsberger AC in Austria)‚ Ebrahim Seedat (Milano United) and Matt Sim‚ last at Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia.
The club are already looking at handing another of their foreigner berths to Latvian international defender Renard Rode‚ who was on trial at Black Saes last season but who signed for a club in the Czech Republic last season when Aces ran out of berths for foreign signings.
Rode has been in the Mother City for a week now training with the club‚ who also have central defender Robyn Johannes (ex-Sundowns‚ Pirates‚ AmaZulu) among the trialists they are looking at.
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