Percy Tau Suffers Injury, Withdraws From Bafana Squad, Replaced With Royal AM’s Victor Letsoalo by Hugo Broos

• Bafana Bafana will go into their international friendlies without Al Ahly's Percy Tau as a part of the squad
• Percy Tau suffered a knee injury while playing for Al Ahly and withdrew from the Bafana Bafana side
• Hugo Broos has shared his frustration as one of his key players has been ruled out due to another injury

Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, has replaced Percy Tau with Royal AM’s Victor Letsoalo for Bafana’s upcoming friendlies.

Letsoalo was originally part of the provisional squad to take on Guinea and then France but did not make the final 23-man squad.

Percy Tau was included in the squad but suffered a knee injury during Al Ahly’s CAF Champions League fixture over the weekend, KickOff reported.

The news has frustrated Hugo Broos, who has become tired of the constant injuries to one of his key players, The Witness reported.

"It is becoming a problem with Percy. Since I've been here since September, he's had these problems. He wasn’t ready for the two matches we played. He was injured, he went injured back to Al Ahly and he was not there for the two games against Ethiopia because he was injured. For the last games against Ghana and Zimbabwe he was not 100% and he returned with injury and now again he's injured again," Broos said.

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Bafana has already jetted off to Europe for their upcoming international friendlies. Bafana will take on Guinea in Belgium on 25 March and then turn their attention to World Champions France on 29 March.

France have also suffered an injury worry ahead of the clash as Karim Benzema has also been ruled out.

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World Champions France have announced their squad for the upcoming international friendlies, and a host of superstars have made the list. Among their friendlies is a clash against Hugo Broos and team South Africa.

South Africa will first take on Guinea in a friendly in Belgium before taking on France in France, four days later. On the same evening that Bafana takes on Guinea, France will compete against the Ivory Coast.

As reported by The South African, Didier Deschamps’ France are expected to make light work of Bafana. Hugo Broos is eager to see how his squad faces up to a real challenge though, Sports Brief reported.