While Kaizer Chiefs’ search for a striker has not yet yielded results, an African pundit has explained what Amakhosi can expect from Bonfils-Caleb Bim
While Kaizer Chiefs’ search for a striker has not yet yielded results, an African pundit has explained what Amakhosi can expect from Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana as Arthur Zwane hinted that the club could sign the player.
The Burundian international, Bimenyimana has been training with Chiefs for the last few weeks, being assessed by Zwane, and the striker scored twice in friendly matches recently.
Chiefs are looking to sign a striker before the start of the new season after parting ways with Samir Nurkovic, Bernard Parker, Leonardo Castro, and Lazarus Kambole.
Zwane has hinted that Amakhosi could sign the attacker, as he has impressed, and an African sports journalist from Tanzania, who has seen the striker in action several times, Salum Pelembo, has described the striker as a “fox”.
“Bimenyimana is a mobile striker, an outright striker, who plays better with the ball (at) his feet. A fox on the box, open spaces, but plays at his best when he is outside the box because of his ability to move around in different areas of the field, his ability to jog around in most areas of the pitch,” Pelembo of TV E told the Siya crew.
“So most coaches nowadays prefer such strikers because of their ability to track back and also the ability to press. And what might work in his favour is that he is still 24 around. But the other thing is his control and confidence, how he can control games and the ball, and his movement with and without the ball.
“He is also good in the air, but that is one area he needs to improve. The way I saw Chiefs last season under Gavin Hunt and Arthur Zwane when they came to Tanzania to play Simba, they looked like a team that plays with a lot of crosses, so he needs to improve when it comes to heading the ball, but technically he is blessed with his foot,” Pelembo added.
“Bimenyimana has pace, and I feel that the SA Premiership is a fast league. The pace is higher than in the east African countries, meaning that in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, where he played, he has to adapt really well to SA football but if he gets a good strike partner or a good number 10 behind him, then he is going to be deadly because of the way he moves, he creates a lot of chaos in the box.”
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