Ntuka has fully recovered from a nagging knee injury that has delayed his introduction to local football.
Ntuka, who signed for Chiefs at the end of January from Belgium club
Westerlo, has spent the past six weeks travelling between the
doctors’ room and the training grounds at Naturena. Amakhosi coach Muhsin Ertugral reveals that he will be handing the dreadlocked utility player his debut on Saturday.
“He [Ntuka] will start tomorrow,” Ertugral confirms. “He has been back
at full training for the past two weeks. But he had to rest his knee a
bit after he collided with another player at training and the knee
suffered a minor puncture.
“However, he is ready to play tomorrow and will start,” Ertugral told KickOff.com without wanting to give away which position Ntuka will play. Ntuka would have played in a mid-week friendly match but that was cancelled.
The former Amaglug-glug skipper has never played club football in South
Africa after having moved to the Chelsea reserves straight from the
School of Excellence as a teenager before being loaned out to Westerlo
in Belgium where he spent six years.
The 23 year-old – highly rated by Ertugral – signed a three-year
contract with Chiefs and has now overtaken Dominic Isaacs, who is still
fighting his way back to full fitness since signing at the beginning of
the season from Ajax Cape Town.
Jeffrey Ntuka To Debut For Kaizer Chiefs Tomorrow
