"The coach has expressed his desire to cut down the squad to 25 players or at most 30 if the club wants a big squad. He feels that 40 players is just too much to control and satisfy all the players despite the many games they are playing. He believes that 25 infield players with at least three or four goalkeepers is the best squad where rotation won't be a big problem. Apparently he believes that's like having three strong teams instead of the 40 they have now which is like having four teams. So, by the look of things, the Sporting Director and management are agreeing on that. So, Sundowns will be looking at having a good, sizeable squad," the Siya source stated.
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A second insider mentioned that loaning out players and releasing others are part of the strategies to reduce the squad, which already started this January and moving forward.
"The releasing of Erwin Saavedra and the loaning out of Thembinkosi Lorch, Lebohang Maboe and Rushwin De Reuck is just one way of trying to see how things can work out next season. There other players who are already on loan who could be returning to the team at the start of next season. The club is busy working on that to cut down the squad," the second insider observed.
Among the players currently on loan are Siyanda Msani, Sipho Mbule, Sifiso Ngobeni, Ricardo Goss, Maboe, and others such as Katlego Mohamme, Abubeker Nassir, Promise Mkhuma, Thabani Sibanyoni, and Etiosa Ighodaro.
Soccer Laduma contacted Sundowns to comment on the situation but the club had not responded by the time this report was published.
