Khalil Youssef: If Chiefs want to win the league they should bring out money like Pirates and Sundowns
“If you compare the quality between Sundowns and Orlando [Pirates], the gap is huge because you will work and try to improve players, but there’s individual quality. It’s either you have it, or you don’t have it.
“I mean, when Sundowns had problems, and they needed a striker, they put money and immediately brought [Brayan] León, and after he played against Pirates, he scored two goals. And the best players in the PSL, you will find them at Orlando Pirates, and if you see now in [the] Bafana Bafana [2026 FIFA World Cup squad], it’s 30% and 40% Pirates and Sundowns [players]; the other 30% is other teams.”
“As Kaizer Chiefs, we only have one player [Bradley Cross] at Bafana sitting on the bench; he doesn’t play. I said to them [Chiefs management], the day you have five or six players in Bafana playing, starting games, know that you are ready to compete for trophies.”
“Winning the Nedbank Cup, the Carling Knockout Cup, or any cup is not something we can build on. Magesi FC won the Carling Cup a season before, and they have been relegated.
“For Chiefs, if you want to compete for the PSL title, you bring money and get six top players, then you can be ready to compete, or you continue bringing players that are not 100% ready to continue building, and after three years, maybe the team will be ready to win something.”
