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Injured Pirates quartet nearing return

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Orlando Pirates' Brilliant Khuzwayo

Injured Orlando Pirates stars Brilliant Khuzwayo, Musa Nyatama, Thabo Qalinge and Gladwin Shitolo are nearing a return to action after entering their next stage of rehabilitation.

The Soweto giants took to their official website to publicise details of the four injured stars.

‘Meanwhile, the strength and conditioning team is hard at work with Brilliant Khuzwayo, Musa Nyatama, Thabo Qalinge and Gladwin Shitolo, who are all undergoing the next stage of rehabilitation,’ their statement read.

‘Qalinge, who has been out since picking up an injury in pre-season, is undergoing light strengthening and balancing work. Meanwhile, Khuzwayo continues to work on strengthening work after the successful removal of pins in his ankle.

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‘The strength and conditioning department has also worked on proprioception, lower limb strengthening, cycling and isokinetic strength where the goalkeeper has shown a lot of improvement in his testing over the past week,’ the statement concluded.

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Pirates resume their quest for the Absa Premiership title after the international break when they host SuperSport United on 15 September at the Orlando Stadium, with kick-off set for 8:15pm.

Milutin Sredojevic’s side will look to get revenge against Kaitano Tembo’s side, who eliminated them in the quarter-finals of the MTN8 competition.