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Cape Town - SuperSport United CEO Stan Matthews says the club will learn from the experience of using the likes of George Lebese, Mogakolodi Ngele and Sifiso Myeni when deciding whether to sign Thabo Qalinge.
Lebese spent the second half of last season on loan at the club from Mamelodi Sundowns but struggled to make an impact seemingly due to a lack of match sharpness.
Meanwhile, Ngele also struggled on loan also due to a lack of match conditioning.
In addition, Myeni had a negligible influence when he came on loan in the 2017/18 campaign from Bidvest Wits.
With Qalinge set to re-start his trial with United after his release by Orlando Pirates, Matthews warned that his team will be cautious when making a decision about whether to sign the winger.
The 27-year-old's initial trial was called off after he picked up a bout of piles.
He said: "He was training with us and unfortunately he fell a little ill, so he could not carry on. I'm off to Cape Town to be with the team in camp for their last pre-season friendly against Cape Town City, so I'll sit down with the technical team and unpack what they saw of him while he played and whether they need to see more of him when he recovers because he was put to bed for a few days.
"We know him, he was with us before, so he's not a player we are not aware of. We know his character, we like him, otherwise we would not have brought him back to have a look.
"He's not had much football and we learnt with George [Lebese], [Mogakolodi] Ngele the year before and Sifiso Myeni the year before, that sometimes when the guys have not played for a while, we have to be a bit extra careful and check. So we are doing that with Thabo and we'll see how that comes through. But he is a good man and he will fit in well in our culture, in our structures, depending on the feedback I get from the technical team."
