Kaizer Chiefs legend Collins Mbesuma has reportedly joined DStv Premiership outfit Sekhukhune United as part of the cub's technical team.
While he has not officially announced his retirement, The 38-year-old last played competitively in July 2022 at Motsepe Foundation Championship side Pretoria Callies, where he later took up an unofficial role as the team's striker coach.
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Mbesuma is now reportedly set to make the step-up to the DStv premiership to serve as Babina Noko's striker coach and has already been spotted in the club's gear during a pre-season friendly ahead of the new campaign.
'Ntofontofo' is no stranger to the finding the back of the net, having scored a Premier Soccer League (PSL) record of 25 goals as Kaizer Chiefs bull-dozed to the 2004/05 league title.
Collins Mbesuma was deadly as hell most teams in PSL knows him well. pic.twitter.com/uQbKz7JU8K
— Phasco????? (@sellopaseka) June 24, 2023
The Zambian international would be positive addition to a Babina Noko side that struggled to get the ball over the line last season. Truster's chargers finished eighth in the DStv Premiership with 24 goals scored - the least by any team that finished in the top ten and the joint second worst scoring rate by any of the 16 teams, only behind Richards bay who scored 20 goals.
Sekhukhune will also need to find their scoring boots when they compete in the CAF Confederations Cup next season, having qualified by making it to the final of the Nedbank Cup.
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