Wits set for goalkeeper battle between Moeneeb Josephs and Darren Keet

19 July 2016 - 16:43 By Nick Said

Moeneeb Josephs’ longevity in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) is set to be tested when BidVest Wits complete the signing of Darren Keet this week. Keet‚ a free agent after leaving Belgian side KV Kortrijk at the end of last season‚ is set to return to Wits after five years spent in Europe‚ Times Media Digital understands.Josephs has been the undisputed number one at Wits for the past three seasons after making the switch from Orlando Pirates‚ where he had lost his place to the late Senzo Meyiwa. The 36-year-old‚ a veteran of 455 starts in the PSL‚ could face a challenge in making 500 with the arrival of Keet‚ who has opted to vie for a starting berth with The Clever Boys rather than sign for an unnamed Belgian side‚ reportedly Mechelen‚ who had wanted him as injury-cover for their number one.Keet‚ who has won five national team caps‚ is 10 years younger than his rival and the natural successor for when Josephs does hang up his gloves‚ though there is no indication the latter has any intention of doing that soon.Cape Town-born Keet made 59 starts for Wits before leaving for Belgium in 2011.He established himself at Kortrijk and was named Player of the Season in the 2012/13 campaign by the club’s fans‚ making 142 starts during his time there.Darren Keet: The nowhere man makes his markThis month could be perhaps Darren Keet's biggest month of his life, and not just because he's Bafana Bafana's No1 goalkeeper at the Africa Cup of Nations. He left the club at the end of the last campaign after failing to agree a new contract and was linked with a move to Major League Soccer in the USA.He was included in the Bafana Bafana squad for the African Nations Cup qualifiers against Cameroon in May‚ but did not play.A move back to the PSL would certainly keep him in the eye of national team coach Shakes Mashaba with the 2018 World Cup in Russia two years away.- TMG Digital..

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