Kaizer Chiefs legend Itumeleng Khune claims 'struggling & inconsistent' Bruce Bvuma refused his advise but Ronwen Williams took it - 'I fail to understand why he didn't listen'

Bruce Bvuma has not played for any other Premier Soccer League team apart from Kaizer Chiefs.

He struggled to get to the top spot at Amakhosi until Itumeleng Khune left at the end of last season.

Even after Itu's exit, Fiacre Ntwari started as the club's first choice before eventually getting his preferred position after the Rwanda international failed to settle.

Khune argues Bvuma could be dominating at Amakhosi and Bafana Bafana only if he had listened to him like Mamelodi Sundowns star Ronwen Williams.

“I was grooming Ronwen; when he came to Bafana, I told him we are not here to make friends. We are here to compete. You make me better, I make you better, we make the national team better, he took those words," he told iDiski Times.

"I fail to understand why Bruce Bvuma didn’t listen to that advice. Because now, the way he’s struggling, he should have taken my advice when I gave it to him. He could be number one still, he could be one of the best candidates in the team and the national team. But now he’s also inconsistent because he thought, 'I played with Itu in the same team, so I can’t take his advice', but someone who came from outside appreciated my words.

"Now he has taken football by storm. He’s been to the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards, and I communicate with him almost every day," Khune continued.

“He is the boy who listened at a very young age. Ronwen and I spent more than 10 years together at Bafana. He knew when he was coming to camp, Itu is number one. He kept telling me I want to be number one, one day, and I was like, ‘If you want that, we are not here to be friends, you must work hard for it. Perform at your club, come to the national team, perform at training, maybe the coach will give it to you'.

“But at my prime, I was always up there, and I was like, no one is going to come in to take my number one," he concluded.

Bvuma is seemingly getting it right at the Glamour Boys, where he has put up some decent shifts in the last couple of matches.

If he remains consistent, then he can be a regular at Bafana Bafana alongside Williams and Orlando Pirates keeper Sipho Chaine.

For Khune, he is still hoping to get back on the pitch despite being 37; he believes he has what it takes to play at the top level.

It is interesting to see whether Bvuma will verbally respond to Khune or let his actions speak on the pitch.

Chiefs are in the final of the Nedbank Cup hoping to end their trophy drought that has lasted a decade.