Five things we picked from Sundowns’ new signing Abubeker Nassir
Mamelodi Sundowns’ new striker Abubeker Nassir introduced himself to the club’s faithful with a well-struck goal in the 4-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday.
Nassir scored the fourth goal as Sundowns underlined their dominance over their Soweto rivals in front of a fully packed Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
FARPost looks at five attributes the new Sundowns marksman possesses.
Pace
The Ethiopian international has pace and uses it quite well. The speed with which he darted towards the goal before turning Njabulo Ngcobo inside out was impressive.
Sundowns’ new signing Abubeker Nassir is a Good dribbler
The Harar City prodigy is skilful and is a good dribbler. He takes on players with such ease.
Able to use both feet
Of course, the man who holds the record for scoring the most goals in a single season [23] is right-footed, but his goal against Chiefs came through his left boot.
Comfortable on the ball
The 22-year-old is comfortable on the ball and has excellent ball control, coupled with composure and precision in front of goals.
Off-the-ball movement
His movement off the ball is brilliant. When in possession, the former Ethiopia Coffee forward has vision and composure.
What Sundowns co-coach Rulani Mokwena said about Nassir
“He still has a lot of work to do. He’s still going to improve. The way we play and train players are bound to improve. The same expectation can go for Nassir.
“Again, I plead for patience. Let’s not overhype because he is still relatively very young with incredible potential.
“We had to get an English tutor to spend some time with him so that the level of English could improve and get better. It is at a relatively good standard.
“We’ve had to hire a translator because we were struggling with some of the instructions and some of the information we wanted to bring to him.
“We want to thank the club for supporting that notion because when we made that plea, immediately the following day, we had a translator on the training pitch working with us,” Mokwena told journalists.
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