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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Lesotho football legend Thabane Sutu added his voice to the ongoing debate on Likuena goalkeeper Sekhoane Moerane\u2019s potential move to South Africa as well as Boitumelo \u2018Queen\u2019 Rabale\u2019s successes on the continent with Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n

Sutu is one of the most decorated football players having been signed by Egyptian giants Al Ahly, in the early 1990s after impressing the club while playing for now defunct Arsenal in the CAF Inter club competitions.<\/p>\n

After retiring, Sutu moved to the United States where he served several clubs such as MLS side and Orlando City as a goalkeeper coach, working with big names such as former Portugal and Manchester United winger Nani.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been following our football closely as you mentioned and its thanks to livestream from FIFA, I\u2019ve been able to watch almost all of our COSAFA games and I watched both games against Nigeria (what a great result that was) and Benin.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been in constant contact with coach, Leslie Nots\u030ci. He\u2019s a very good friend of mine,\u201d he said. \u201cThe first time I watched Moerane was against Cote d\u2019Ivoire last year.<\/p>\n

I remember sending you a note about him and his performance in that game. He\u2019s got immense potential. He\u2019s athletic (not necessarily imposing physically, but he\u2019s got presence), he\u2019s quick, he\u2019s got fantastic agility, his distribution, different method, is top drawer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got the nous too. Perhaps his greatest attribute is his temperament.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s even keeled! That\u2019s so important in goalkeeping. I remember his penalty save heroics during the COSAFA tournament. Often goalkeepers will go crazy if they save a penalty kick. He saved three in a row, and he was ice cold after each save. Supreme levels of concentration and emotional control. \u201d<\/p>\n

Sutu said he is not surprised that Sekhoane is reported to be on the wanted list of big South African clubs and believes the LMPS goalkeeper is ready for a big challenge outside the borders of Lesotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not surprised to hear that the big guns are after his services. It was a matter of time.<\/p>\n

When the big teams come knocking then he\u2019s got to listen and if the offer makes financial and career sense then he\u2019s got to go, if not now, then when?<\/p>\n

\u201cOpportunities like this come once in a lifetime and he has to take them.<\/p>\n

When I signed for Al Ahly, I knew what I was getting myself into. Did I play as much as I would\u2019ve liked? No. But the lessons I learnt from my time there were invaluable. I played with some of the greatest players in African football history Hossam Hassan, Ibrahim Hassan, Ahmed Shobeir.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sheer size of the football club, the pressure, expectations, winning mentality are some of the qualities I picked up during my time there and they\u2019ve stood me in good stead in my coaching career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he has a chance to sign for one of the big South African teams then he has to go. It\u2019s hard to compare him to the goalkeepers we had in the past. The game has changed drastically since I played for instance.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more emphasis on goalkeepers being good with their feet (I was a decent infield player and, scored some goals for Arsenal back in the day), goalies are more involved in the build-up.<\/p>\n

When I played most goalkeepers didn\u2019t even take their goal kicks. \u201cSo, from a performance standpoint I think he\u2019s more complete than the goalies we had back then.<\/p>\n

But from a pure shot stopping ability, we had an edge over him. The late Isaiah Phakisi, Ts\u030celiso Thite and Rets\u030celisitsoe Khetsi (and many others I didn\u2019t mention) were supreme shot-stoppers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sutu, who was in goals as Likuena stunned Cameroon with a 2-0 victory at the old Setsoto Stadium in 1992, joined the football fraternity in celebrating Rabale\u2019s successes and stated that she ranks among the best footballers to have played the game in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have known about \u201cQueen\u201d for a long time, I remember talking to Meleshoane \u201cLash\u201d Mokhathi about her a few years ago.<\/p>\n

I submitted her name to several colleges here but at the time she already played for Celtics Ladies and NCAA rules prohibited her from playing collegiately here,\u201d Sutu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNAIA have different set of rules though, she\u2019s a terrific player, she\u2019s got a wand of a left foot. She is one of the most decorated players, if not the one, to ever come out of Lesotho. There aren\u2019t too many players, men, or women, who\u2019ve won the CAF champions league even once in their lifetimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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