FARPost has it on good authority that the South African duo of Aichel Calane and Mpho Matlala has joined Tambankulu Callies FC.
Tambankulu Callies is a Swati football club based in Tambankulu in the Lubombo Region that currently competes in the Premier League of Eswatini.
Calane, who plays as a midfielder had stints with Baroka FC, Black Leopards and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) all in the MultiChoice Diski Challenge, now known as DStv Diski Challenge.
Last season, the rising star also represented the Limpopo ABC Motsepe League side Mpheni Home Defenders, who finished as the runner-up in the provincial ABC League.
Meanwhile, Matlala who is a defender who previously played for such as Hynes FC from Seshego and TTM Reserve side.
The pair’s God-given talents will be expected to add value to the Eswatini club when the new commence.
Callies finished fifth in the Premier League of Eswatini last campaign with 44 points from 30 outings.
The club boss Sthembiso Ngudze Mamba will be hoping that the duo help the side to achieve its ultimate goal of challenging for the league and possibly qualifying for the CAF interclub competitions just like their rivals Mbabane Highlanders.
This past weekend, we witnessed Highlanders held to a goalless draw by Royal AM in the preliminary round clash of the CAF Confederation Cup.
Highlanders have been doing under the tutelage of Selatotse Mosala, but the South African mentor has been crying about his side’s failure to convert their clear-cut chances in the final third.
In an interview with the Swazi Times after Highlanders beat Manzini Wanderers 1-0 to win the 2022 Bible Society Cup last month, he said: “It is worrying that we created a number of chances, but we failed to score. We can’t rely on one player to score for us. We need to find players that will help us score goals.
“If we need to solve this, we should go internationally for top quality strikers. We need players that will add value to the team, not just average players.”
