Where will Chiefs use him?

Despite the comments from Bobby Motaung regarding Dax being a possible replacement for Reneilwe Letsholonyane, his outings in the COSAFA Cup point to him being more attacking than ‘Yeye’ and not likely to be able to dictate play from deep, but rather suited to pressing high and making bursts from midfield. In a 4-3-3 shape, Dax would be ideal as one of two number eights alongside a pure defensive midfielder in Willard Katsande. The Malagasy wears number 10 for his country, but he is not a genuine 10 and is indeed more of a box-to-box operator.

The new addition will add athleticism and skill to a slow midfield that really needs refreshing. However, Chiefs still need to sign a young defensive midfielder to replace the ageing Katsande, who has only one or two seasons left in him as a starter for Amakhosi, and Dax is not the answer in that role, but he will bring something exciting and fresh to Chiefs if given a chance. In this area of the pitch, the Soweto giants are short of numbers after the departures of Lucky Baloyi and Keagan Buchanan in the last two transfer windows without a replacement coming in, other than the promotion of youngsters Wiseman Meyiwa and Khotso Malope. Having a player who is so adept at the transitional phases of the game could prove very useful to coach Giovanni Solinas, who favours attacking football. Many recent foreign additions like Sula Matovu and Ovidy Karuru were never given game-time to show what they could do, so Dax needs to avoid the same fate and hit the ground running. If he does that, he will give Chiefs the energy they have been lacking in the engine room.