Zambian agent Nawa Nyambe has suggested a change of position for Zambian international Lazarous Kambole to boost his chances of regular game time at Kaizer Chiefs.
Since joining Chiefs from Zambian topflight club Zesco United in 2019, Kambole has barely seen game time with the Soweto giants which has prevented him from replicating the form that made him popular back in his home country.
In the DStv Premiership this season, the 27-year-old made just four starts but failed to get a goal in what was a topsy-turvy campaign for him.
Nyambe, who is also a close friend of Kambole, is hopeful that things could receive a turnaround, following the appointment of Stuart Baxter as the club’s new head coach.
“Lazarous Kambole is a good friend of mine and I feel that Chiefs haven’t really given him that chance to play him right. Chiefs aren’t playing him right. The way he played at Zesco isn’t the same way that they are playing him. I think at Chiefs they are trying to play him behind the strikers and that is not his position. He would flourish more playing from the wing and cutting inside and when playing as one of the forwards,” said Nyambe, speaking in an interview.
Following the technical team changes at the club, Kambole who is entering into the last year of his contract, maybe privileged to get another chance under Stuart Baxter.
“That’s how they played him at Zesco United, but I have noticed that at Chiefs they have been trying to play him differently. He is a fast player, and you can’t play him as a centre-forward. For example, (Samir) Nurkovic is a centre-forward, and if you play Nurkovic as a number nine, Kambole should come from the wing and allow him to run with the ball, he is that kind of a player,” said Nyambe.