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Miguel excites the Kaizer Chiefs fans

28-year-old Inacio Miguel arrives with club football experience in Portugal, Romania, Latvia and most recently Angola with Petro de Luanda. He has requested and received the number 83 jersey previously worn by four-time Betway Premiership winner Morgan Gould, who won two league titles with Amakhosi. Fiacre Ntwari, the 24-year-old Rwandan goalkeeper, is also highly-rated. He’s still only 22, but Rushwin Dortley is a massive prospect. He’s in the strange situation where he might make his full Bafana Bafana debut before pulling on a Chiefs jersey for the first time, with Afcon qualifiers on 06 and 10 September against Uganda and South Sudan. Bongani Sam and Gaston Sirino, meanwhile, boast vast experience of top-flight football in SA.

Could this be one Chiefs’ best windows in recent memory? Only time will tell, but the signs are good on paper.

Amakhosi’s recruitment in 2023-2024 was questionable

It’s safe to say that the players brought in last season were hit-and-miss. Thatayaone Ditlhokwe and Given Msimango did pretty well in their first seasons, but second-season syndrome is real, and they’ll need to prove themselves in a new-look defensive unit under a new coach. Other names have been objectively poor; Christian Saile and Ranga Chivaviro still have plenty to prove, while Jasond Gonzalez was a disaster. Things haven’t worked out for Mduduzi Mdantsane either, who was set for a loan spell away but is now injured. Ashley Du Preez, linked with a R20 million move to Portugal, impressed for short spells but struggled with intermittent injuries. 2024-2025 is also a massive season for midfield pairing Edson Castillo and Sibongiseni Mthethwa; both battled for consistency last term. The same can be said for wide players Pule Mmodi and Tebogo Potsane. The latter hardly played.

Also, the less we say about Caleb Bimenyimana, another failed deal in 2022-2023, the better.

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Can the club mount a title challenge if Chiefs’ five new boys all fire?

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