Orlando Pirates have continued to provide opportunities for young players
to prove themselves in the first team, with the latest being midfielder
Tebogo Masemola. The 19-year-old has been training with the main squad,
with the senior technical team reportedly pleased with what they have seen
so far.
A source close to the club told PSLSA: “They are giving more youngsters
the chance to be with the senior team with the hope of promotion. They
want to do what they did in the time of Senzo Meyiwa, Happy Jele, Lebohang
Mokoena, Gift Leremi, Benedict Vilakazi, Joseph Makhanya, to mention but a
few. That’s why you see the team bringing up more players from the DStv
Diski Challenge (DDC) team to train with the senior team. Now they are
giving Tebogo (Masemola) the chance as well.”
Another source added that DDC coach Joseph Makhanya has been tasked with
identifying young talent that needs to be promoted. “Yes, (Tebogo) is very
good. He is still young with a lot still to learn. That’s why they have
given him the chance to train with the first team so that the coaches can
look at him and see what he can do after they have seen him. But knowing
him, he will make it just like the way Relebohile (Mofokeng) has done it,”
the source concluded.
PSLSA contacted Pirates for comment but received no response while
preparing this story.
