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Orlando Pirates set to sign Spanish players in a bid to end Mamelodi Sundowns' dominance? - Jose Riveiro discusses Soweto giants' transfer business

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Orlando Pirates' Premier Soccer League rivals Mamelodi Sundowns go overseas to sign players but Jose Roveiro is not promising to do the same. All Pirates' nine signings in the 2023/24 season were from local clubs and they include Thabiso Lebitso, goalkeeper Melusi Buthelezi, Siphelo Baloni, Katlego Otladisa, Patrick Maswanganyi, Sphamandla Gumede, Lesedi Kapinga, Karim Kimvuidi and Thalente Mbatha.

WHAT HAPPENED?

“The club is much bigger than me. My club, Orlando Pirates, doesn’t need me in that department. I am running a club’s project, it’s not Riveiro’s project," Riveiro told reporters.“I am just one piece of that project. There’s much more around me. I am not here to bring Spanish players, I am here to do something more important.“The project is much bigger. There’s no improvising, saying, ‘I think you need this guy from Spain, he’s a good boy and a left-footer,'" he added. “No! We are not about that. The club knows where it needs to go. I am part of that. The club is not waiting for me to say, ‘This is what you need, I’ll do it for you’.”

WHAT RIVEIRO SAID

While Riveiro is ruling out bringing his compatriots joining Pirates, the Buccaneers' Premier Soccer League rivals Mamelodi Sundowns have been aggressive in the transfer market. The Brazilians have continued with what has become a culture of bringing in South Americans to Chloorkop.They currently have Brazilian forward Lucas Ribeiro Costa, Chilean midfielder Marcelo Allende, Argentine attacker Matias Esquivel and Argentina's Junior Mendieta who was signed from Srellenbosch.Masandawana even deregistered Ethiopian star Abubeker Nasir who is nursing a long-term injury.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

It is to be seen if Riveiro will go for overseas players during the next PSL transfer window.If he continues as Pirates coach, the Spaniard will be building a squad that is capable of challenging for trophies in Africa and that could force the Buccaneers to look beyond South Africa for players.

WHAT NEXT FOR PIRATES?

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