Orlando Pirates winger Monnapule Saleng hasn’t featured for the membership because the starting of December.

The 26-year-old attacker has performed simply three league matches this season, scoring twice. He was one of many membership’s greatest performers in the course of the MTN8 when the Buccaneers claimed their third successive title.

Monnapule Saleng final featured for Pirates throughout their match in opposition to Al Ahly in Group C of the Caf Champions League on 7 December on the Orlando Stadium. The winger hasn’t performed a recreation since then however Riveiro has not given a lot particulars on why his star has not featured lately.

With the Buccaneers enjoying State d’Abidjan, the Spaniard couldn’t state whether or not Saleng will function or not.

“Obviously, I’m not going to tell you 24 hours before the match who’s available and who’s not,” he informed the media.

“First, as a result of we nonetheless have a coaching session. Once we end the coaching, we are going to know who is on the market and who will not be.

Monnapule Saleng has not performed in a month

“I think you’ll probably understand that I’m not going to say anything about who’s going to be in the 20 or the starting XI,” Riveiro added.

“Or who will not be gonna be [in] tomorrow? Because these are small issues that additionally play within the recreation.

“Our opponent would like to know who’s going to play. Our opponents are not going to have access to that information, so I’m not going to tell you who is in or who is out. I’m sure that you can understand,” he concluded.

It stays to be seen if Monnapule Saleng will kick the ball on Saturday. In earlier matches, the membership stated “personal reasons” was why the star was lacking in motion. So far, Saleng has scored 5 targets in 13 matches throughout all competitions.

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