City announce Serero as Kaizer Chiefs pass on ex-Bafana orchestrator
CREAM is back!
After 14 years away from South Africa, Thulani Serero is back. Kaizer Chiefs opted against signing the former Ajax Amsterdam maestro.
Cape Town City unveil Serero
After a storied career in Europe and the UAE, 34-year-old Thulani Serero is back in Mzansi. He’ll wear number 8 for the Citizens.
‘Cream’ enjoyed a stellar career
Serero has spent the majority of his playing career in Holland’s Eredivisie. He was with Ajax for six years from 2011-2017, where he made 121 appearances for the club. One pretty cool thing about Serero is that once upon a time, he formed a super-efficient midfield partnership with current Arsenal skipper Martin Ødegaard. The pair dovetailed wonderfully at Vitesse Arnhem in 2018 and 2019 with “Cream” as the deepest-lying player in the Vitesse midfield and Ødegaard shuttling ahead of him in the number 8 role. Not dissimilar to how he currently operates with the Gunners.
A wealth of experience
Thulani Serero made 11 appearances in the esteemed UEFA Champions League, the last of those was in the 2014-2015 campaign for Ajax Amsterdam. In the early days of his career, Serero dazzled for Ajax Cape Town as an attacking midfielder. A Classic number 10. He was named the PSL player of the season in 2010-11, rewarding his creative displays for the Mother City side. His value peaked in 2015 while with Dutch giants Ajax when he was estimated to be worth R4m (R77 million).
Salum is back on the Kaizer Chiefs radar
According to SoccerLaduma, Chiefs have received encouragement in their chase of Tanzanian midfielder Feisal Salum. The 27-year-old is unlikely to stay at his current club Azam beyond the end of this season. An attacking midfielder with an eye for goal, Salum knows Nasreddine Nabi and Cedric Kaze well after working together at Yanga SC. The schemer has 41 caps for his country.
Will Serero be a success in the Mother City?
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