Posted in News on Oct 24, 2007.
As a result of the fever that he had been experiencing, the club took a decision to withdraw Khune from the Bafana Bafana squad for Wednesdays COSAFA Cup Clash with Zambia in Bloemfontein. The club also sent Khune for a blood test earlier this week as a precautionary measure to ascertain if he had picked up malaria or the like there of.
Test negative
The Chiefs keeper feared the worst on Monday when he went for a blood test but was given the good news late on Tuesday that his test had come back negative. Chiefs physiotherapist David Milner confirmed to kaizerchiefs.com that Khune had been cleared and was okay to train again.
“Since his return from Ghana he had been feeling weak and complained of having a flu, so we sent him for a test. We wanted to ascertain whether or not he had picked up malaria or anything similar, but thankfully the tests proved that he was fine and the doctor did prescribe some medication for him to overcome the high fever he had. He is okay to go now and was given the green light to begin training on Wednesday. We did check him out on Tuesday after giving him some time to get his energy back again, and we were happy to allow him to being training again”.
Khune relief
A happy and relieved looking Itumeleng Khune was back out on the training ground on Wednesday morning and was advised to go get back into training slowly. He was just eager to once again begin his training programme with the rest of the squad.
Speaking to kaizerchiefs.com afterwards, Khune spoke of his joy at being able to train again, “I am upset at the fact that I was unable to be in the COSAFA Cup game but I had to exercise caution as I really was not feeling well, thankfully Monday’s tests were negative and after a further day of rest on Tuesday I am feeling much fitter and hopefully I can be ready for the weekends game.”
