Kaizer Chiefs captain Itumeleng Khune says he’s determined to fight for his place at the DStv Premiership club next season.
The 35-year-old former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper has been on the fringes of the Amakhosi first team over the past few campaigns.
He made just one MTN8 appearance last term as Bruce Bvuma, Brandon Peterson and Daniel Akpeyi, who has since departed, were chosen ahead of him, but Khune remains as skipper.
He said on Soccer Laduma: “I just have to go out there and fight for the number one spot.
“It is not going to be easy there’s Bruce Bvuma, who is a future Bafana Bafana number one, there’s Brandon Peterson who is also knocking on the Bafana door and I’ve been there, and we keep on learning a lot from each other.
“The competition is stiff and tight so we just want to give coach Arthur [Zwane] and coach Dillon [Sheppard] a good headache because already we have played a couple of friendlies and all of us were able to share a number of minutes.
“Obviously, for us, we had to sit down with the goalkeeper coaches and compare our stats from three seasons ago. We have been conceding (many) goals so now its important that we concede less and keep more clean sheets and so far so good.”
Khune has made just 25 appearances over the past three seasons for Chiefs.
