José Riveiro Wants Fans to Be Patient with Kermit Erasmus!

José Riveiro Wants Fans to Be Patient with Kermit Erasmus! The striker is eagerly anticipated to make his second debut.

Kermit Erasmus joined Orlando Pirates on a free transfer after being released by Mamelodi Sundowns last week. Club head coach José Riveiro wants the player to be fully integrated before being expected to shine.

Romeo has re-joined the club after leaving for France in 2016. His second coming has been greatly appreciated by the Buccaneers faithful.

So much so that the fans are expecting to see Erasmus play in their MTN 8 semi-final first leg against Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday afternoon. Therefore, Riveiro has pleaded with fans to be patient with the striker.

“I’m happy with the recruitments,” Riveiro told members of the media yesterday.

“We have a group of players who already have been doing the things well and now we have three more who are coming with an intention to help us do things better to be part of a good collective.

“They will give us some new tools to try to continue to win games. The adaptation is going well so far.

“They will be available, but today is Wednesday [yesterday] and we are playing on Saturday, it’s still a long way to go. But we are so happy to have them in the group and they are performing already.

The head coach also addressed the matter of Erasmus. His expressed his delight in acquiring a player of his talent.

“I’ve found an experienced player — he is smart, professional and his fitness levels are in the right place. That tells me he was taking care of himself.

“He is ready to perform. We need to be patient.

“We can’t think about the past and what he did. We have to think about what he can do for us from now on.

“We need to be patient and understand that he just had three or four training sessions in our structure and hopefully he can help us very soon.” He spoke.

The Buccaneers face Masandawana at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday. José Riveiro Wants Fans to Be Patient with Kermit Erasmus!