Phakamani Mahlambi of Bidvest Wits. (Photo by Johan Rynners/Gallo Images)
Mahlambi is back in South Africa after a trial at the Portuguese side and his agent Glyn Binkin said while they liked the 19 year-old, they didn’t feel he was quite ready to go straight into their first team squad.
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“He will come back to Wits for another couple of months and then we will see,” Binkin told Phakaaathi Plus.
“They liked him a lot … but they wanted someone who could go straight into the first team squad.” Binkin added that Guimaraes could revisit the signing of Mahlambi in January when the transfer window re-opens.
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