Khune is happy with selections of Solinas

Kaizer Chiefs’ Itumeleng Khune has accepted that there might be some rotation of goalkeepers between himself and Virgil Vries this season.

Khune‚ so used to being No 1 for Amakhosi that he once joked he would have to go to hospital for then No 2 Brilliant Khuzwayo to play‚ admitted that Solinas’s tendency of resting players serves to keep Chiefs’ players on their toes.

Khune said he understands Solinas’s philosophy that both Khune and Vries are internationals the latter for Namibia so both should play.

“I totally agree with the coach. If you have two international goalkeepers why not rotate them?” Khune said.

“Even when he [Solinas] wanted to explain to me why he was putting me on the bench I was like‚‘ Coach‚ I’m a professional player‚ I’ve been a professional for so many years. And I’ve seen situations like this at other clubs where one goalkeeper will play in the league and another in cup matches’. So I didn’t see the need for the coach to explain to me why he was putting me on the bench.

“He said he was doing explaining [out] of respect.

“He couldn’t just make a decision and not inform me. So I respected that.

“And Virgil did well. And I wish he could get more game time. Because if you count all the matches‚ including Caf [Confederation Cup] matches‚ by the end of the season we would have played 56. So we need to share the load,” Khune said.

It was not just at goalkeeper that Solinas made changes on Sunday there were seven overall as the coach again gambled with resting players‚ and it narrowly paid off with a penalties win.

Regarding the perception that the coach is unpredictable, Khune was asked if Chiefs’ players also have the same sense of never knowing who will start.

“Yes‚ we go through that‚ all of us. But again‚ it keeps us on our toes‚” he said.