As Kaizer Chiefs have been in the headlines recently as Nasreddine Nabi prepares to take up the head coaching position, the team are set to leave South Africa for pre-season training in Turkey on Thursday.
Players and members of the technical team will spend almost three weeks in the country, where they are expected to train and play friendly matches against some top Turkish opposition. Chiefs have not released any fixtures for the tour yet.
The trip is the Glamour Boys first tour outside of the country in 21 years.
Sporting director, Kaizer Motaung Junior said: The most crucial aspect of a pre-season camp is to make sure that the team is building team unity and overall mental readiness for the season ahead. These are vital as every top team needs to work together to build its internal strength in order to be prepared for the challenges ahead.
New environmentMore specifically for us, with a new incoming coaching structure, it helps for the new coaching team to have the squad away from their normal environment in order to assess what work must be done and how they need to work going forward together.
