Pitso Mosimane: It's the right time to promote Malebogo Modise

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Pitso Mosimane is excited to welcome youngster Malebogo "Bale" Modise to the first team and believes he fits the left-back mould perfectly.

Modise was promoted to the first team this week, after coming through the development academy, and has signed a five-year contract with Masandawana.

Mosimane reckons the 21-year-old has all the tools he needs to challenge the likes of Tebogo Langerman and Lyle Lakay at left-back.

"We brought in Malebogo Modise, or 'Bale' as they call him. He plays as a winger, left-back, left-wing. He is easy to convert from left-wing to left-back because he has quality and a very good left foot," said Mosimane, as quoted by KickOff. "He's got speed, he's got height. He loves to play by going up and down the sides. He plays centre-back also because if you play centre-back it means you know how to defend. If you play left-back it means you also know how to defend and it means you know how to attack.

"Because the quality and the characteristics of our full-backs at Sundowns is Tebogo Langerman, Thapelo Morena, those are the characteristics, Lyle Lakay, you know, those full-backs who overlap. So Bale fits in that space.

"Bale is young, he's played in the under-20 at the World Cup and under-23, and he's been part of the under-17 World Cup also. So it's the right time to bring him over."

- TEAMtalk media