Sekhukhune United head coach Lehlohonolo Seema has laid down the requirements for on-loan midfielder Sipho Mbule to succeed at the club.
Mbule secured a late switch to Babina Noko, with game time a scarce commodity at Mamelodi Sundowns, both parties agreed that Sekhukhune United would be the best place for the midfielder to get back to scintillating form.
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Despite settling well in his first few weeks at the club, getting into the Sekhukhune starting XI will not be a walk in the park for the 26-year-old, according to his new coach.
"Sipho has been training. The good thing about our league is that players are friends and they know each other, so you find that socially they meet outside football and they play these social games together. So, I think it has been very easy for him to adapt and feel at home here. I was even surprised to see him walking with a guy from another country," Seema told members of the media.
"I must say that these two weeks we spent in Polokwane helped us a lot in terms of relationships and making sure that we understand each other.
"[In terms of] getting closer to playing, he knows that he didn't find a team that doesn't have players. We have midfielders, defenders and strikers, so he still needs to work hard to make sure that he gets his place. The good thing is that he was training where he comes from and he did a pre-season, so he's not that far. It's a work in progress, we just have to make sure he understands the way Sekhukhune United want to play, that he understands team structure and the teammates.
"But it's promising," he said.
Mbule's Sekhukhune bow could come as early as Saturday as Sekhukhune take on a tricky Golden Arrows side at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium.
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