With former Orlando Pirates striker Zakhele Lepasa seemingly in demand, a Pirates legend has advised the 28-year-old against joining the likes of Kaizer Chiefs.
After Lepasa was released by the Buccaneers, there were already murmurings from supporters of both Chiefs and Ezimnyama, that The Glamour Boys could show interest, after they swooped Paseka Mako and Thabiso Monyane from their arch-rivals as free agents.
The difference with the Bafana Bafana striker, however, is that he spent the entire 2024/25 season out recovering from a long-term injury.
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The former TS Galaxy forward last featured for Pirates in April 2024 and even then, it was a blink-and-you-missed-it cameo off the bench, as he had lost his place in the regular line-up.
"I feel for him because he got injured and he was out of the game for the whole season. It's so difficult. So now my advice to him is he just have to look for a team without pressure," former Buccaneers midfielder Benedict 'Tso' Vilakazi said on omniaudioafrica YouTube Channel.
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"When I'm talking about pressure, there's a pressure of winning the league or a trophy. There's a pressure of trying to survive relegation. So you don't need teams that are in those positions, especially being out for quite some time.
"And not out because maybe they were not playing you. You were out because of injuries and obviously it takes time to get back. So I wish you get a team where there's no pressure and will give you an opportunity to play and I'm 100 percent sure, when you get that team, you will do exactly what you did when you played for SuperSport United (on loan)," Vilakazi added.
Durban City have reportedly showed strong interest in Lepasa, who revived his game under coach Gavin Hunt at SuperSport, currently at The Team of Choice.