Ben Motshwari is set to make his AmaZulu debut against Swallows in the DStv Premiership at Dobsonville Stadium on Friday.
The 32-year-old former Bidvest Wits midfielder joined Usuthu after leaving the Buccaneers at the end of last season.
He is yet to play in any of the club’s games this season as he acclimatises to his new surroundings but could finally feature this weekend in the DStv Premiership.
AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco says that while fellow new Taariq Fielies has already made his debut, there was a longer wait for Motshwari to be ready.
Done deal ✍️
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Franco said in the Sowetan: “The situation is different with Ben even though he trained with the team a little bit longer than Fielies. His problem is that he has had less game time.
“His fitness level is inferior to what Fielies showed us in the previous training sessions. From there, we were planning and I wished I could have given him some game time because we really wanted to help him get fitter.
“But we couldn’t because of the situation of the game. We thought it was not the right moment to risk him. Let’s see if in the next game he can get game time, because like I said with Fielies, he is a player who is going to help us.”
