Earlier this month Mamelodi Sundowns formally unveiled Marcelo Allende as their latest signing, and their fifth within the present switch window, and he has in a short time made an impression, with many believing he’s already dwelling as much as the reported R51-million price ticket.
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With Sundowns needing to fastidiously stability their books by way of the ‘foreign player’ quota, Slovakian striker Pavol Safranko has now formally left the membership, with Abubekr Nassir coming into the workforce and likewise proving to be an instantaneous hit.
Mokwena acknowledged it was a powerful – however essential – choice to half methods with the Slovakia worldwide striker.
“We came for a lot of criticism in a sense when we, unfortunately, had to make the decision with Pavol, but we knew we needed a different type of striker,” Mokwena mentioned, as per MSFV.
“We needed a different profile. But the talk must be [about] what type of striker do you need for the type of game model that you want to play. And if you go really into the game at the highest level, maybe the only striker in a top team, in the top leagues that are still back to goal type striker is Lewandowski.
“But you see how the players are now playing on the last line with possibilities to enter the final third or the box with their faces, facing the goal. Then you need more speed, guile and creativity and we knew we couldn’t get enough of that type of dimension with Pavol.
“As much as he was excellent for us in the times we needed him, his contribution was immense, and his professionalism was incredible. But it was just a football decision, but as I said before, we’re still struggling to communicate with Nasir, so we need to be more patient with him and Allende and they will come right, but it needs a bit of patience.”
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Sundowns beforehand launched the next assertion on Safranko:
The 27-year-old lanky striker joined Sundowns final season from Romanian Liga 1 facet Sepsi OSK and made a whole of 29 appearances and scored 9 targets for Masandwana.
One of the important thing targets that Pavol scored was the winner towards Royal AM to make sure that Sundowns progressed to the ultimate of the Nedbank Cup.
Pavol, who has been a consummate skilled all through his keep at Sundowns is free to affix the membership of his selection and the Sundowns household needs him all the greatest together with his footballing endeavours.
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Allende actually introduced his arrival within the PSL with a well-taken objective on debut for Sundowns.
You can mirror on Allende’s first objective for Sundowns beneath:
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The arrival of Abdelmounaim Boutouil and Allende have been initially hindered by visa and work allow software points, however Sundowns have been working exhausting to have each gamers registered.
According to iDiski Times, Boutouil – who spent final season on mortgage at Raja Atheltic Club – has cleared up the required paperwork and can be now capable of hyperlink up with Sundowns.
The earlier Sundowns signing to be formally unveiled is Bongani Zungu who marks his return to Chloorkop after leaving the membership in 2016 to play internationally.