Cape Town City coach Eric Tinkler has high hopes for his team ahead of the 2024/25 Betway Premiership season.
Tinkler is in his second spell with the Citizens, having coached the team previously in the 2016/17 season, where he won the 2016 Telkom Knockout and MTN8 in 2018.
Upon his return to the club he guided City to seventh, second, fourth and fifth but has ambitions to challenge for the title this season.
The former Orlando Pirates SuperSport United and Maritzburg United coach feels he has assembled a strong squad, after signing the likes of Kamohelo Mokotjo, Fortune Makaringe and Haashim Domingo.
Tinkler said: “I know we put together a great squad back in 2016 but I think, all in all, the depth that we have currently in the squad is probably the best squad we’ve [ever] had at the club, which bodes well that you gonna have good players.
“[Even so], it doesn’t mean you have a good team, so that’s what I say, come Saturday we’ll know whether we have a good team. We know we have a lot of experience, mixed with youth, which I think is extremely important. Young players have benefitted immensely with those players who have come in.
“The quality that has come into the club has raised the bar for all the others, and that’s what you want as a coach.”
City returns to action in an MTN8 quarter-final with Sekhukhune United on Saturday.