Khulumani Ndamane: “Angenzanga Litho Elibi eChiefs”

Isihlabani seTS Galaxy kanye nomdlali weBafana Bafana, uKhulumani Ndamane, ukhulumile ngokuqeda kwakhe ukumangalisayo kuKaizer Chiefs.

Esithi washiya iqembu enesazela esihlanzekileyo.

“Angenzanga litho elibi eChiefs,” kutjho lo mdlali oneminyaka eli-21. “Indaba yami yehlukile. Bengifuna ukukhula kuphela emdlalweni webhola.”

UZalwa eSahlumbe, KwaZulu-Natal, uKhulumani Ndamane wajoyina iqembu leKaizer Chiefs under-19 ngo-2023 ngaphambi kokukhuphukela kuDStv Diski Challenge squad yabo.

Kodwana nakungafikanga amathuba okudlala kuqembu elikhulu, wenza isinqumo esiqinile sokuyodlala kuTS Galaxy — esagcina siguqule ukuphila kwakhe.

Selokhu afika kuGalaxy, lo mdlali osemutjha ukhule kakhulu, waze wangena eqenjini leBafana Bafana, wafumana iMan of the Match ngesikhathi adlala okokuqala kwezamazwe afikene neTanzania ngoJuni.

Waphinde wadlala ekunqobeni kweSouth Africa ngo-3–0 ibhekene neLesotho, waphinda waqala umdlalo wokuhlunga iWorld Cup lapho iBafana inqobe khona iRwanda.

Ukukhula kukaKhulumani Ndamane kube ngokurhaba begokumangalisayo.

Uthule ngebhola lakhe, begangazibulekeli ebangeni, okwamenza waba ngomunye wamathemba akhanya khulu emuva weSouth Africa.

“Ukudlala kuBafana kube liphupho elifezekileko,” kutjho yena. “Ngithabile begi ngibonga — kodwana ngiyakwazi ukuthi lokhu kusese ukuqala kuphela.”

Njengombana i-AFCON ka-2025 kanye neFIFA World Cup ka-2026 zisondela, uNdamane ugandelela isifiso sakhe: ukuhlala ekhula nokwenza kuhle.

ILisenethini iphinde yafunda bona uNdamane sele aqinisekise ukudlulela kuMamelodi Sundowns, kodwana bona badecide ukumbamba kuGalaxy kulonyaka.

Uzojoyina iqembu lePretoria ngoJuni — kodwana kunesibjalo sokuthi angadlulela khona ngoJanuwari.