The growing injury list should be a concern for Mamelodi Sundowns, with at least 11 players out injured and with the transfer window open, would they make a few more signings?
Sundowns have had a perfect start to the season so far, winning all their five league matches and booked their spot in the MTN8 semi-finals of the MTN8.
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However, there is a lingering concern of the increasing list on the treatment table, as key players such as Peter Shalulile, Thapelo Maseko, Thapelo Morena, Khuliso Mudau, Neo Maema and Abubaker Nasir are out injured.
Shalulile suffered a hamstring injury in the Brazilians' 4-0 win over Golden Arrows and last week head coach Rulani Mokwena, when giving an update, said that it's hard to predict for how long the Namibian will be out for.
The likes of Morena, Nasir, Rushine De Reuck, Mosa Lebusa and Sphelele Mkhulise have not featured for the Brazilians this season, after picking up injuries either towards the end of last season or in pre-season.
De Reuck picked up a knee injury in a pre-season friendly before they went on a tour of the Netherlands and underwent surgery and is currently going through rehabilitation.
Mokwena says they are not panicking with the growing list of injuries, most of which are muscle injuries, as they had the same issue last season and they got better after he intervened, where they let go of conditioning coach Riedoh Berdien and it also helped that he's a qualified conditioning coach as well.
"We're on top of it, there are some that were at fault for sure, from the conditioning, planning, training observation and for those ones we take responsibility fully," Mokwena said on PowerFM.
"We've had a lot of meetings with our conditioning coaches, medical staff and the feeling that I get is that we've got things under control.
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Other Sundowns players who are out injured include Erwin Saavedra, who underwent surgery and is doing his rehabilitation in his home country, Bolivia.
Promoted youngster Siyanda Nyanga is also out with a shoulder injury.
The transfer window closes on 22 September.
The Brazilians will be in action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Polokwane City before taking on Kaizer Chiefs in the MTN8 semi-final first-leg on Saturday at FNB Stadium.
