Jose Riveiro on Kermit Erasmus: ‘He’s ready to perform’

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro appears impressed by Kermit Erasmus who recently joined the club from Mamelodi Sundowns.

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The 32-year-old striker penned a two-year deal with the Sea Robbers whom he ended his first stint with in 2016 to join the French club Stade Rennais FC.

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‘Romeo’ has been training with his new team-mates for a couple of days which has allowed Riveiro enough time to anticipate what the player can bring to the club.

The Spanish mentor says “Erasmus’ experience” will be of help to his team as they face a busy schedule this month.

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RIVEIRO: HE’S AT A GOOD FITNESS LEVEL

“I found an experienced player, smart and professional because he’s in a good fitness level so that shows me he was taking care of himself so that [shows] he’s ready to perform, ready to train,” Riveiro said in the press conference as quoted by iDiski Times.

“It takes time, of course, he just arrived a few days ago, a few experiences so far with the team, the group, the methods, so we need to be patient. We can’t think about the past, like when we spoke about results [against Sundowns].

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“We can’t think about what he did, we have to think about what he can do for us now, be patient and understand that he just had three or four training in our structure.

“Hopefully, he can help us very soon, we need everyone because there are five league games in October, two semi-finals, it’s exciting games so we’ll need all of them.

“Kermit’s experience in the league and overseas it’s going to be important for us and I can see an interesting player in there for sure.”

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NDLONDLO & ERASMUS FOR DEBUT IN MTN8 SEMI-FINAL 1ST LEG?

Apart from Erasmus, another club’s recent signing that is expected to make an immediate debut is Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo who joined the Buccaneers on a three-year deal from Marumo Gallants.

Pirates will host Sundowns in their MTN8 semi-final first-leg on Saturday, 1 October at the Orlando Stadium.

Kick-off is at 15:30.

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