Why do young players struggle for game time in the PSL? - If competent young footballers do not get a reasonable opportunity to play at the highest level, they will not get a chance to represent Bafana Bafana
-winning coach Hugo Broos set tongues wagging last year when, upon taking over as the manager of Bafana Bafana, he stated that he would be pumping new blood into the national team by basing the core of the squad on selecting young players, preferring to cap the squad’s age at 30.
In the past two seasons, the ‘young player of the season’ at the annual PSL Awards was won by Baroka players: Goodman Mosele in 2019/20 and Evidence Makgopa in 2020/21. For example, when the team was promoted to the DSTV Premiership after winning the GladAfrica championship at the end of the 2015/16 season, the squad included teenagers such as Victor Letsoalo, Gift Motupa and Lantshene Phalane, who are still active in the league.
Therefore, they make a name for themselves much later than their international counterparts, which limits their career prospects. “Perhaps if the league were to respond to calls to increase the number of its member clubs from 16, to 18 or 20 teams, it may alleviate that pressure, where coaches would be more open to taking a chance on younger players more frequently,” said Mogudi.reserve league
It is harder for DDC players from Mamelodi Sundowns – the most successful team in the PSL era – to break through in the league as the club, which is owned by mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, has the resources to buy the talent that it requires. The other three of those six players have been transferred to clubs in the bottom half of the DStv Premiership log, while the remaining one plays in the GladAfrica Championship.added talent development manager Flemming Berg to its technical team to address the squad’s age issue.The PSL has not given its member clubs any mandate to retain players from its development academies or its reserve leagues, unlike football leagues elsewhere in the world.
Without the proper nutritional, mental and medical support, youngsters coming through from development structures are unlikely to survive in top-flight football, said Mogudi.
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