On Friday, Kaizer Chiefs announced that the 2023/24 season would be Itumeleng Khune’s last as a player with the club. Khune, who hails from Ventersdorp in the North West, will be remembered as one of the Glamour Boys’ finest, having recently broken his own record by making his 364th appearance for the club – the most number of games played for the club in the PSL era.
It seems that Chiefs have already identified Khune’s long-term replacement for the club’s captain. Lanky 20-year-old Lungile Nkosi, from Katlehong, is the man Chiefs are believed to be looking at, to fill Khune’s gloves in future. Nkosi recently returned from a lengthy nine-month layoff due to injury to form part of Chiefs’ DStv Diski Challenge Squad.
Nkosi is one of two Chiefs players who have been roped in by coach Molefi Ntseki to train with the club’s first team, alongside high-flying Donay Jansen. Chiefs do have the likes of Brandon Petersen, Bruce Bvuma and Bontle Molefe as part of their goalkeeping department with Khune in tandem – but indications are that they have set their sights on a long-term future successor for the club’s number one jersey.
