Hunt calls for fewer foreign goalkeepers

SuperSport United head coach Gavin Hunt has urged the PSL to implement a new rule that would prioritise the development of South African goalkeepers.

According to the Matsatsantsa mentor, the high number of foreign goalkeepers in the Betway Premiership limits opportunities for younger players to showcase their talents.

SuperSport United head coach Gavin Hunt wants young South African goalkeepers to be afforded more chances in the PSL.

What Hunt said

“It is something we look very closely at in the starting, which we did with Ronwen when he came as a 12-year-old to us and he got his debut; we’re going to play five games and take the decision from there.

“Moeneeb Josephs I did it with him, Wendell Robinson, top goalkeeper,” Hunt said.

Hunt made these remarks following his team’s 4-0 defeat to Kaizer Chiefs in the Carling Knockout Cup, where Rwanda international Faicre Ntwari kept a clean sheet for Amakhosi.

He urged decision-makers to consider following the example of the Egyptian Premier League, where clubs are not allowed to field foreign goalkeepers.

“It is very difficult if you look at teams; there are a lot of foreign goalkeepers around. Maybe the rules have to be changed, or the clubs need to give opportunities to the local goalkeeper if there is [one] available,” Hunt stated after the match, as quoted by iDiskiTimes.

“It is something we look very closely in the starting which we did with Ronwen when he came as a 12-year-old to us and he got his debut, we’re going to play five games and take the decision from there.

“Moeneeb Josephs I did it with him, Wendell Robinson top goalkeeper,” SuperSport United coach Hunt said.

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