Watch VideoRenaldo Leaner rejects claims of SA goalkeeping crisis, urges foreigners to join PSL

Renaldo Leaner of Sekhukhune United has played the goalkeeping crisis in the Betway Premiership as most often most teams field foreign shotstoppers. Sekhukhune United’s No. 1,Renaldo Leaner, has dismissed claims of a goalkeeping crisis in the country, while encouraging foreign shot-stoppers to come to the PSL for career opportunities.

Bafana Bafana captain and No. 1, Ronwen Williams, has been in superb form for the team. He helped the national team finish third at AFCON 2023, and played a key role in helping the team automatically qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup following an impressive 25-game unbeaten run.

However, whenever Williams was absent due to injury, the Bafana goalkeeping department appeared vulnerable, with his back-ups struggling to maintain clean sheets. That led some members of the football fraternity tobelieve the country had a goalkeeping crisis. However, Leaner, who has also tasted international football – keeping a clean sheet in the 2-0 win over Tanzania in an international friendly last year – begged to differ.

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“At the moment, I don’t think we have a goalkeeping crisis,” Leaner said. “We have a lot of goalkeepers who have raised their hands and shown that South Africa has good goalkeepers. “There’s Brandon Petersen (at Kaizer Chiefs), myself, and Darren Johnson (at AmaZulu). There are quite a number of quality South African goalkeepers at the moment.

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