The 24-year-old striker has completed his move to Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs.
|||AmaZulu coach Manqoba Mngqithi has conceded that losing star striker Lehlohonolo Majoro to Kaizer Chiefs was a huge blow, but remains adamant something better beckons for his team in the season ahead.
The 24-year-old striker completed his move to the Soweto giants on Wednesday after signing a three-year deal.
Mngqithi said: “It is a blow to lose a player like Majoro, but I’m always optimistic that it is an opportunity for something better to surface. So for sure it’s a bit of a challenge having to move on. But it’s only fair for me to accept that if one door closes, then another one opens.
“Life has always been like that and maybe it’s another opportunity for another youngster to rise to the top.”
The move came less than three weeks after the Usuthu began training for the new season and left the boss to continue his preparations without a player he brought out of nowhere just 12 months earlier.
Majoro, who was on the brink of being lost to the game as he pursued his profession in radiology, arrived at the club as an unknown last year going on to score 14 goals in 21 league appearances.
“When I brought him from where he was, the dream of playing football was almost gone because he had already enrolled into a full-time government job that gave him no time to train,” Mngqithi said.
“And even when he came here, no one knew him and today we are all talking about him.
“There are players that would add a lot of value to this club. We have made enquiries and are still waiting to hear what their situations are with their clubs.”
Mngqithi revealed that he was happy with the way preparations had gone for his side, adding that they were close to finalising friendlies against Maritzburg United, Sporting Braga from Portugal and Pure Joy FC from Ghana over the next month.
“Our pre-season program is only starting after tests we are doing today and tomorrow. Before this we had been working with some of the youngsters we have signed,” he said.
“After the tests, we feel that we’ll be able to identify areas that we will still need to improve on in terms of conditioning.
“We’ve got six weeks, which I feel is enough for us to be completely ready for the new season.”
The former Golden Arrows mentor also said that he wanted to add a new striker to his squad ahead of the new campaign starting in August. - Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/mngqithi-admits-losing-majoro-a-blow-1.1090835
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