Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana Legend Doctor Khumalo to Help Build Football Academy in Ambitious Tanzania

• Former South Africa and Kaizer Chiefs midfield general Doctor Khumalo has been approached to help advance football in Tanzania
• In a bid to improve the east African country's fortunes on the continent, the country's football authorities want Khumalo to build a football academy
• The vision is meant to be instilled over five to 10 years as Tanzania eyes the dream of being a force to be reckoned with

Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs legend Doctor Khumalo could become integral to lifting Tanzanian football to greater heights on the African continent.

Khumalo said that football authorities in the East African nation have approached him to be involved in the construction of a football academy there. '16V' is in the country for the Tanzanian Blue Economy Football Development Summit 2022.

Writing for Soccer Laduma, he wrote:

“The reason Tanzania called for foreign intervention is simply because they want to exchange knowledge, build relationships, influence people to come and invest in their country in terms of building infrastructure, academies.

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“And they even told me if I want to build a Doctor Khumalo academy, I’m more than welcome to do so as they will give me the land to build it on. It has been said to different individuals who are here because these guys have a vision and want to get things sorted out in the next five to 10 years.

Elsewhere, Khumalo recently took aim at SAFA for overlooking the likes of Lucas Radebe in the rebirth of local football, as per SowetanLIVE. The former Kaizer Chiefs and Leeds United rock was nominated to CAF's technical and development committee alongside other legends like Cameroons Jeremi Njitap and Senegal's Khalilou Fadiga.

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