Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng has revealed the conversation he had with head coach Arthur Zwane about his game-time prospects, as he reaches the twilight of his career.
Khune has been in and out of the team this season and although he has played more games than other goalkeepers, Zwane has been rotating him and fellow shot-stopper Brandon Petersen, who has started in the last four matches since Chiefs' loss to Mamelodi Sundowns.
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Ahead of the Soweto Derby against Orlando Pirates over the weekend, the veteran goalkeeper was asked whether being dropped after a bad game affects his confidence or the confidence of other goalkeepers.
"It doesn't kill the confidence of any player, I think in football we know that in every position and it's important that all those players get game-time," Khune told journalists in a press conference.
"And we know how many games we get to play in a season, so at my age, the coach's philosophy was to say we have four number ones, which is myself, Brandon Petersen, Bruce Bvuma and Bontle Molefe."
The 35-year old revealed that Zwane was open with him to say that at his age, he won't be playing all the matches and they will have to "manage" him.
"And he got to tell us his philosophy and he said, 'Itu at your age we're going to manage you, you won't get to play all the matches'," he said.
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"And you know when the coach does that you can always come back and play for him, so we have that good relationship and in our goalkeeping department we have a healthy relationship, we have a healthy competition.
"So that's why we all got to play this season and we still have (many) matches to be played and we all push one another and we all prepare very well for every match and we prepare the same," he continued.
"So who the coach chooses on matchday, we all have to support him and it's not for ourselves as individuals but for the benefit of the club," he added.
Chiefs host Pirates at the FNB Stadium on Saturday at 15:30.
