Orlando Pirates are in hot pursuit of former PSL Young Player of the Year Jaedin Rhodes.
The Buccaneers have long admired the Cape Town City youngster, who has amassed seventy-three appearances for the Mother City outfit at the age of twenty-one.
According to reports, Orlando Pirates tried to land the attacking midfielder in January and will try again in the offseason.
Orlando Pirates-Jaedin Rhodes rumours
“He (Rhodes) has been one of their (Pirates’) targets for some time now,” SoccerLadumareported.
“They have been monitoring him though there hasn’t been much happening. They were targeting him for the January transfer window period.
“Now that it didn’t happen they have more time to work on it and will see what happens in the next window. But they are interested in him. That I can tell you.”
Another PSL source close to SL confirmed the news, saying, “obviously, they (Pirates) will either loan some out or release some as well. But that’s the time they need to work on their squad and since it didn’t happen in January then they will work on it in the off season. Rhodes is one player on that list already.“
Riveiro keeps it blunt on Saleng
Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro gave nothing away when asked about Monnapule Saleng, saying, “I don’t speak about the health of my players; it’s something that belongs to a private space. And the moment that the club feels that it’s the time to speak about which players are injured, how long they are going to take, and which moment of the process (of recovery) they are in, they will do it. It’s not part of my job description, (and) it’s not an ethical thing,” the Buccaneers coach stated.
“I know it will be nice to know how close is Olisa [Ndah] or [Goodman] Mosele and what’s happening with Saleng but it’s not going to happen.”
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