Kaizer Chiefs’ new goalkeeper, Brandon Petersen, says he plans to challenge Itumeleng Khune and co to become the club’s new number one.
Peterson was among newly signed eight players at Naturena this season and as part of a squad overhaul by Amakhosi after he spent the entire 2020/21 season without a club following his exit from Bidvest Wits in June last year.
Peterson, who featured for the Glamour Boys in the Carling Black Label Cup win over Orlando Pirates last Sunday, says he has his eyes set on the coveted number one jersey at the club – especially with goalkeeper coach Lee Baxter revealing that all four of the club’s keepers in Khune, Petersen, Bruce Bvuma and Daniel Akpeyi, have a chance of being the first choice at any given time.
“Because there is always me pushing someone else and someone pushing me, it will help. In the first training session the guys made me feel at home and for me it has been a blast,” Petersen told the club’s media department on the competition at the club.
The 27-year-old also added that the bond between all four of the club’s shot-stoppers has been an eye opener for him since joining the Soweto giants.
“Having that camaraderie between the goalkeepers and seeing the way they work together and push one another. For me it was an eye opener. It is encouraging me to work hard. We saw in the CAF Champions League, with the changes that Chiefs had with the goalkeepers, they put one in, and he performs. That is something that makes me smile,” he added.
As Amakhosi prepares to face Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 quarterfinals at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday, it is left to be seen who will be between the sticks for Stuart Baxter’s men.