Excl: Kaizer Chiefs legend Willard Katsande brims with pride after seeing Samkelo Zwane's improvement - 'He listened to what I told him'

Former Kaizer Chiefs captain Willard Katsande is rejoicing at Amakhosi star Samkelo Zwane's improvement after giving him a word of advice.

Speaking to GOAL a month ago, Katsande revealed a piece of advice he shared with the 22-year-old star at the start of the season. 

Since then, Zwane has been showing a glimpse of improvement. As a result, the Zimbabwean businessman is now brimming with pride to see Zwane's upgrade to his game. 

"The most important thing is to give back to the coach who believed in him. At training, a player should have no time for jokes, no time for social media, it should always be about work," Katsande told GOAL. 

"Everybody can play, everybody is good, but the problem with many players is that they do not want to do the hard work. Zwane is very skillful and comfortable on the ball and I am happy to see that. 

"When I spoke to him, he even said "thanks my brother, I will use your advice", so what is good is that he listened, if it was someone, he should have ignored what I said but Zwane listened because he knows that I played for the club for 10 years and that position for many years," he added. 

"For him to acknowledge what I said means that he is a very good kid who is eager to learn, if it were others, maybe they would say I have arrived and who is Katsande to tell me about the game."

With Chiefs having played six official games in all competitions this season so far, Zwane has featured four times. 

Zwane's future with the Soweto giants was uncertain during the pre-season upon Nasreddine Nabi's arrival and he was poised to be loaned out to gain experience elsewhere. 

However, Nabi has been showing confidence in the Amakhosi academy graduate and the player is doing well at the moment. 

Zwane will be hoping to help Chiefs progress to the Carling Knockout semi-finals when Amakhosi take on Sundowns in the quarter-final match on Saturday evening.

With the season having started just two months ago, the youngster will be hoping for an injury-free 2024/25 campaign and consistently getting game time to showcase his capabilities.